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<item congress="113" measure-type="hr" measure-number="2354" measure-id="id113hr2354" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2013-06-13" update-date="2013-09-20">
<title>PROMPT Act</title>
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<action-date>2013-06-13</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Proper Replacement Of Medals and Performance Tracking Act or the PROMPT Act - Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned, when recipients of certain military decorations or medals (or in some cases when the recipient's immediate next of kin) requests a replacement of such decoration (e.g., when the original medal is lost, stolen, or destroyed), to ensure that: (1) all actions to be taken with respect to the request, including verification of the service record of the recipient, are completed within one year; and (2) the replacement is mailed to the person making the request within a specified period after such verification.</p> <p>Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to submit to Congress: (1) an annual report regarding compliance by the military departments with such replacement performance standards; and (2) a plan to implement such standards, including an estimate of FY2015 funds necessary to meet or exceed such standards.</p>]]></summary-text>
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