[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 558 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 558

To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the award of the 
      Purple Heart to persons wounded in action by friendly fire.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 21, 1993

   Mr. Peterson of Florida introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the award of the 
      Purple Heart to persons wounded in action by friendly fire.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AWARD OF PURPLE HEART TO PERSONS WOUNDED IN ACTION BY 
              FRIENDLY FIRE.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 57 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 1129. Purple Heart: treatment of persons wounded in action by 
              friendly fire
    ``(a) For purposes of the award of the Purple Heart, the Secretary 
concerned shall treat a person described in subsection (b) the same as 
a person who was wounded in action as the result of an act of an enemy 
of the United States.
    ``(b) A person described in this subsection is a person who was 
wounded in action by weapon fire while directly engaged in armed 
conflict, regardless of the origin of the fire causing the wound.
    ``(c) This section applies to wounds received on or after December 
7, 1941.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``1129. Purple Heart: treatment of persons wounded in action by 
                            friendly fire.''.

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