1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Duty First Act . 2. Findings Congress finds that— (1) the 1st Infantry Division was constituted on May 24, 1917, and is the first and oldest permanently established combat division of the United States Army; 2017 is the centennial of the Division; (2) the 1st Infantry Division has been in continuous service since its establishment; (3) the 1st Infantry Division has fought with distinction in every major conflict since 1917 except the Korean War, when it was on occupation duty in Germany; (4) in World War I, the then-First Expeditionary Division was the first United States division to arrive in France, firing the first United States shots of the war, suffering the first casualties, and securing the first United States victory at the Battle of Cantigny in May, 1918; (5) the Battle of Cantigny was also the first modern, combined arms battle in the history of the United States; (6) the First Expeditionary Division fought with distinction in all subsequent campaigns and, after occupation duty in Germany, was the last combat division to return home in 1919; (7) 5 First Expeditionary Division soldiers received the Medal of Honor in World War I; (8) in World War II, the 1st Infantry Division was the first to deploy to Europe, fighting in North Africa and Sicily in 1942 and 1943; (9) General George S. Patton, Jr., commander of the Seventh Army of the United States in the Mediterranean, stated that he would not invade Sicily without the 1st Infantry Division as the assault division; (10) the 1st Infantry Division was the lead assault division on Omaha Beach in Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944; (11) against frightful odds and despite multiple challenges, the 1st Infantry Division secured a beach head on a day when failure could have altered the outcome of the war; (12) the 1st Infantry Division played pivotal roles in the liberation of France and Belgium, the Battle of the Bulge, the crossing of the Rhine River, and the invasion and defeat of Nazi Germany