Medal of Honor Access and Liaison Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 10480 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 10480 To amend chapter 57 of title 10, United States Code, to provide for recipients of the Medal of Honor to receive identification allowing unaccompanied access to military installations, to establish a Department of Defense Medal of Honor Liaison, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 17, 2026 Mr. Bacon introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend chapter 57 of title 10, United States Code, to provide for recipients of the Medal of Honor to receive identification allowing unaccompanied access to military installations, to establish a Department of Defense Medal of Honor Liaison, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Medal of Honor Access and Liaison Act''. SEC. 2. MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS: ACCESS TO ANY MILITARY INSTALLATION; LIAISON. (a) Access.--Section 1134a of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: ``(e) Access.--A person whose name is entered on the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard Medal of Honor Roll shall be issued a common access card (or successor identification) that grants such person unaccompanied access to any military installation and the Pentagon.''. (b) Liaison.--Chapter 57 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1134a the following new section: ``SEC. 1134B. MEDAL OF HONOR LIAISON. ``(a) Establishment.--There is in the Department of Defense a Medal of Honor Liaison, appointed by the Secretary of Defense, who shall serve as liais