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75 bills
Gold Star Parents Annuity Act of 2007
Purple Heart Family Equity Act of 2007
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008
In Memory Medal For Forgotten Veterans Act
To authorize and request the President to award the Medal of Honor to Danny P. Dietz, formerly of Littleton, Colorado, for acts of valor on June 28, 2005, while fighting against the Taliban in Konar Province, Afghanistan.
To expand retroactive eligibility of the Army Combat Action Badge to include members of the Army who participated in combat during which they personally engaged, or were personally engaged by, the enemy at any time on or after December 7, 1941.
To authorize and request the President to award the Medal of Honor to Richard D. Winters, of Hershey, Pennsylvania, for acts of valor on June 6, 1944, in Normandy, France, while an officer in the 101st Airborne Division.
Perpetual Purple Heart Stamp Act
To amend title 36, United States Code, to authorize the spouse and siblings of a recipient of the Purple Heart medal to become associate members in the Military Order of the Purple Heart of the United States of America, Incorporated.
To authorize and request the President to award the Medal of Honor to Joseph T. Getherall, of Hacienda Heights, California, for acts of valor in the Republic of Vietnam on December 22, 1966, while serving in the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War.
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that World War II merchant mariners who were awarded the Mariners Medal shall be provided eligibility for Department of Veterans Affairs health care on the same basis as veterans who have been awarded the Purple Heart.
To amend the Federal charter of the Military Order of the Purple Heart of the United States of America, Incorporated, to authorize the corporation to extend eligibility for associate membership in the corporation to the spouse and siblings of a recipient of the Purple Heart.
To authorize and request the President to award the Medal of Honor to James Megellas, formerly of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and currently of Colleyville, Texas, for acts of valor on January 28, 1945, during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II.
Combat Military Medically Retired Veteran's Fairness Act
To authorize and request the President to award the Medal of Honor to James Megellas, of Colleyville, Texas, for acts of valor on January 28, 1945, during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II.
Combat Military Medically Retired Veteran's Fairness Act of 2005
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006
To authorize and request the President to award the Medal of Honor to Richard Gresko, of Newtown, Pennsylvania, for acts of valor in the Republic of Vietnam on March 11-12, 1970, while serving as a lance corporal in the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War.
Stolen Valor Act of 2005
Gold Star Parents Annuity Act
To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend eligibility for pension benefits under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to veterans who received an expeditionary medal during a period of military service other than a period of war.
To amend title 10, United States Code, to establish a combat badge for helicopter medical evacuation ambulance (Medevac) pilots and crews.
Cold War Victory Medal Act
Honor Our Fallen Prisoners of War Act
Standing With Our Troops Act of 2005
A bill to require the Secretary of the Army to award the Combat Medical Badge or another combat badge for Army helicopter medical evacuation ambulance (Medevac) pilots and crews.
To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish and award a decoration, to be known as the "Coalition of the Willing Medal", to members of the military services of nations participating with the United States in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Combat Military Medically Retired Veteran's Fairness Act of 2004
To provide for the establishment of separate campaign medals to be awarded to members of the uniformed services who participate in Operation Enduring Freedom and to members of the uniformed services who participate in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Army Combat Recognition Act of 2004
Korean Defense Service Combat Recognition Act
To provide for the issuance of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Exceptional Public Service Award to journalists who accompanied units of the United States Armed Forces or coalition partners into Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom, a process referred to as "embedding", in order to provide first-hand and timely reports on the progress of the United States and coalition forces and the liberation of the Iraqi people.
To amend titles 10 and 14, United States Code, to provide for an increase in military retired pay for officers by reason of being credited with extraordinary heroism on the same basis as applies to enlisted members.
Cold War Medal Act
To establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart medal to veterans who were held as prisoners of war before April 25, 1962.
To amend title 10, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of the Army to establish a combat artillery medal.
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004
Arlington National Cemetery Burial Eligibility Act
Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2002
To provide for the retroactive entitlement of Ed W. Freeman to Medal of Honor special pension.
A concurrent resolution designating August 7, 2003, as "National Purple Heart Recognition Day".
To waive the time limitation specified by law for the award of certain military decorations in order to allow the award of the Congressional Medal of Honor to Steve Piniaha of Sparta, New Jersey, for acts of valor while a member of the Army during World War II.