Army can quickly promote a dead captain to major.
S. 4138 — A bill to waive the 60-day notice requirement for the posthumous honorary promotion of Captain Cody Khork, United States Army. · Filed by Roger Wicker (R-MS) · 2 cosponsors · Introduced Mar 18, 2026 · Signed
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What it does
This bill removes a 60-day waiting period. The waiting period is a rule Congress made. The Army can now promote Captain Cody Khork after he died. He will be promoted to the rank of major. This honors his service.
Who it affects
This bill affects the Army and Captain Cody Khork's family. It is a narrow bill about one person.
One thing to notice
The bill skips a normal step that usually takes 60 days.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
2 cosponsors: 1 Democrats, 1 Republicans.
- Mar 18, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Mar 18, 2026 — Passed the Senate · Congress.gov: “Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed…”
- Mar 19, 2026 — Passed both chambers · Congress.gov: “On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H2607)”
- Mar 20, 2026 — Signed into law · Congress.gov: “Became Public Law No: 119-80”
- Mar 20, 2026 — Sent to president · Congress.gov: “Presented to President”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- promote — move someone to a higher rank or job
- major — a military rank higher than captain
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (875 characters) on Apr 14, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,342 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-18.
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