Leonard Kravitz Jewish War Veterans Act of 2001

H.R. 606, the Leonard Kravitz Jewish War Veterans Act of 2001, requires the Department of Defense to review the service records of Jewish American veterans from World War II and subsequent conflicts to determine if any were passed over for the Medal of Honor due to religious discrimination. The bill specifically focuses on veterans who previously received high-level valor awards, such as the Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross, or Air Force Cross. If the review finds that a veteran’s actions met the criteria for the nation’s highest military honor but were undervalued at the time, the bill authorizes the President to retroactively award the Medal of Honor to those individuals or their surviving families.