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H.R. 3497 · 119th Congress

Medal of Sacrifice Act

Introduced May 19, 2025Policy area: Crime and Law EnforcementPublic Law 119-94

Read the textOn Congress.gov

Status: Became law

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To President
  6. Law

Latest action

: Became Public Law No: 119-94.

Summary

Medal of Sacrifice Act of 2025

This act directs the President to issue a medal of sacrifice for eligible law enforcement officers and first responders who are killed in the line of duty.

The act also directs the President to establish a commission on the medal of sacrifice and appoint its members. The act sets forth responsibilities of the commission, including to advise on the design of the medal and determine how the medal will be presented.

Under the act, eligible law enforcement officers and first responders include federal, state, local, tribal, or territorial law enforcement officers or first responders who are not subject to an official act of wrongdoing (e.g., a determination that the officer or first responder acted outside the scope of their duties or in a manner that was not in accordance with official policies or procedures).

A law enforcement officer or first responder who is subject to an official act of wrongdoing is generally not eligible for the medal of sacrifice. However, in the case of such an officer or first responder, the act requires the commission to investigate the circumstances surrounding the officer or first responder's cause of death and issue a final determination on their eligibility.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service.

Actions

  1. Became Public Law No: 119-94.

  2. Signed by President.

  3. House

    Presented to President.

  4. Senate

    Message on Senate action sent to the House.

  5. Senate

    Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2204; text: CR S2204)

  6. Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

  7. Senate

    Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.

  8. Senate

    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

  9. House

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  10. House

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1925-1926)

  11. House

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3497.

  12. House

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1925-1927)

Show 7 earlier actions
  1. House

    Mr. Jordan moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

  2. House

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 399.

  3. House

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 119-466.

  4. House

    Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.

  5. House

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  6. House

    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

  7. Introduced in House