Under existing law, Medal of Honor recipients receive a monthly stipend of $1,400 a month. That's not very much money. Yeah, that's not at all what The Metals Act... increased [the stipend] from $1,400 a month to $5,600 a month. month. And so I authored that legislation in the Senate. It passed the Senate unanimously. It passed the House unanimously. And then on Monday, the President signed it into law. (00:12–01:08)
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Asserts that the Metals Act increased the stipend for Medal of Honor recipients to $5,600 monthly.
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