Bill Details
Status
Latest action
2025-01-23 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Introduced Date
2025-01-23
Policy Area
Armed Forces and National Security
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This bill would require the U.S. Military Academy at West Point to update its mission statement 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 make the change within 30 days.
- It directs the Army to add “Duty, Honor, Country” to the academy’s mission statement.
- It states that Congress wants those values to be deeply part of the academy’s spirit and training.
- It says the values should be instilled in each cadet.
Official Summaries
Maintaining Academy Culture and Assuring Retention of Tradition, Honor, and Unity of the Republic Act (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]
[S. 215 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 215
To amend the mission statement of the United States Military Academy to
include the phrase ``Duty, Honor, Country''.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 23, 2025
Mr. Cruz (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, Mrs. Britt, Mr. Scott of
Florida, and Mr. Tuberville) introduced the following bill; which was
read twice and 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
(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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