Bill Details
HR.700 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-01-23 - Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Introduced Date
2025-01-23
Policy Area
Armed Forces and National Security
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This bill would change the mission statement of the United States Military Academy at West Point so it includes the phrase “Duty, Honor, Country.” It says Congress believes these values should be a core part of the academy’s culture and should be taught to every cadet. If the bill becomes law, the Secretary of the Army would have to update the mission statement within 30 days.
- It gives the bill the short name “MACARTHUR Act.”
- It states that “Duty, Honor, Country” should be deeply part of the academy’s values.
- It directs the Secretary of the Army to add that phrase to the academy’s mission statement.
- The update would need to happen within 30 days after the law is enacted.
Official Summaries
Maintaining Academy Culture and Assuring Retention of Tradition, Honor, and Unity of the Republic Act or the MACARTHUR Act
This bill requires the Department of the Army to amend the mission statement of the United States Military Academy to include the phrase “Duty, Honor, Country.”
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 700 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 700
To amend the mission statement of the United States Military Academy to
include the phrase ``Duty, Honor, Country''.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 23, 2025
Mr. Self introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Armed Services
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend the mission statement of the United States Military Academy to
include the phrase ``Duty, Honor, Country''.
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 ``Maintaining Academy Culture and
Assuring Retention of Tradition, Honor, and Unity of the Republic Act''
or the ``MACARTHUR Act''.
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
It is the sense of Congress that the principles of ``Duty, Honor,
Country'' should be--
(1) deeply embedded in the ethos of the United States
Military Academy; and
(2) instilled in each cadet.
SEC. 3. MODIFICATION OF UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY MISSION
STATEMENT.
Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act,
the Secretary of the Army shall amend the mission statement of the
United States Military Academy to include the phrase ``Duty, Honor,
Country''.
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