3.0.0 1727 2023-01-11T13:21:58Z 2023-01-11T13:21:58Z Senate S S 2011-10-18 112 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-10-18T15:20:14Z William Shemin Jewish World War I Veterans Act 112 1457 HR 2011-05-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Identical bill CRS 2011-10-18 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2011-10-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001041 Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] Dean Heller R NV N B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR 2011-10-18 True B000575 Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] Roy Blunt R MO 2011-10-18 True M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2011-10-18 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2011-10-31 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2011-11-18 False M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2011-12-05 False Armed Forces and National Security Conflicts and wars Congressional tributes Religion Veterans' organizations and recognition Armed Forces and National Security 00 2011-10-18 Introduced in Senate 2011-12-13T17:04:51Z William Shemin Jewish World War I Veterans Act - Directs the Secretaries of the Army and the Navy to: (1) review the service records of certain Jewish-American World War I veterans to determine whether that veteran should be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor; and (2) upon a positive determination, submit a recommendation to the President that the President make such award.

Makes eligible for such review and award each Jewish-American World War I veteran: (1) who was previously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross, or other military decoration for service during World War I; or (2) whose name is submitted to either Secretary by the Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America within one year after the enactment of this Act.

]]> William Shemin Jewish World War I Veterans Act Display Title William Shemin Jewish World War I Veterans Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to direct the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Navy to conduct a review of military service records of Jewish American veterans of World War I, including those previously awarded a military decoration, to determine whether any of the veterans should be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced William Shemin Jewish World War I Veterans Act Introduced in Senate 2011-10-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1727is/xml/BILLS-112s1727is.xml 2011-10-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.