Trump signs Medal of Honor Act, raising monthly special pension for living recipients0%
By Sophia Flores (OAN Staff)0%
12/1/2025, 6:49:48 PM
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US President Donald Trump presents the Medal of Honor to US Army Master Sergeant Matthew Williams for actions in 2008 in Afghanistan, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, October 30, 2019.
(Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
President Donald Trump has signed the "Medal of Honor Act" into law, thereby significantly increasing the rate of the special monthly pension payable to living Medal of Honor recipients.
Since the modern Medal of Honor was established — first for the Navy in 1861 and later updated for the Army in 1965 — approximately 3,528 individuals have received the nation's highest military decoration.
Today, only 61 of those heroes are still living.
The newly implemented legislation, signed by President Trump on Monday, is a win for Medal of Honor recipients as they will go from receiving approximately $16,880 a year to about $67,500 a year – nearly a fourfold increase.
The Medal of Honor is the highest award the U.S. gives for military, naval, and aerial achievements.
Individuals who are chosen to receive it "display bravery that goes far beyond what's normally expected in combat," officials say.
Qualities of someone who receives the Medal of Honor:
Extraordinary heroism
Risking their own life
Acting voluntarily
Intensive combat situations
Eyewitness confirmation
Often involves self-sacrifice
You do not need to be American in order to be considered for the award.
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