[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1376 Introduced in House (IH)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 1376

To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the award of the 
 Purple Heart to members of the Armed Forces killed or wounded due to 
        friendly fire while engaged in peacekeeping activities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 3, 1995

 Mr. Dixon (for himself, Mr. Collins of Georgia, Mr. Rose, Mr. Cooley, 
       Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. Costello, Mr. Davis, Mr. Frank of 
Massachusetts, Mr. Berman, Mrs. Schroeder, Mr. Hefley, and Mr. Durbin) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           National Security

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the award of the 
 Purple Heart to members of the Armed Forces killed or wounded due to 
        friendly fire while engaged in peacekeeping activities.

    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 FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES KILLED 
              OR WOUNDED DUE TO FRIENDLY FIRE WHILE ENGAGED IN 
              PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES.

    (a) Award Criteria.--Subsection (b) of section 1129 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``is a member''; and
            (2) by inserting ``or (2) who is killed or wounded by 
        weapon fire while engaged in a peacekeeping activity,'' after 
        ``of the United States,''.
    (b) Applicability.--Subsection (c) of such section is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence--
                    (A) by inserting ``described in subsection (b)(1)'' 
                after ``members of the armed forces''; and
                    (B) by inserting before the period the following: 
                ``, and to members of the armed forces described in 
                subsection (b)(2) who are killed or wounded on or after 
                January 1, 1994''; and
            (2) in the second sentence, by striking out ``subsection 
        (b)'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``subsection (b)(1)''.
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