[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
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[H.R. 3587 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3587

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the award of a 
medal called the ``Crimson Cross'' to members of the Armed Forces who, 
   while on active duty, suffered a qualifying injury or illness in 
  connection with combatant activities during a period of war or as a 
  result of hostile actions against the United States and who are not 
  eligible to receive the Purple Heart as a result of such injury or 
                                illness.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 20, 2001

  Mr. Maloney of Connecticut 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 a 
medal called the ``Crimson Cross'' to members of the Armed Forces who, 
   while on active duty, suffered a qualifying injury or illness in 
  connection with combatant activities during a period of war or as a 
  result of hostile actions against the United States and who are not 
  eligible to receive the Purple Heart as a result of such injury or 
                                illness.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Delaney-Levitow Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. CRIMSON CROSS.

    (a) Award of Medal.--Chapter 57 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 1134. Crimson Cross
    ``(a) Award.--Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of 
Defense, the Secretary concerned shall award a medal called the 
`Crimson Cross' to each individual who, while on active duty as a 
member of the Armed Forces, suffered a qualifying injury or illness in 
connection with combatant activities during a period of war or as a 
result of hostile actions against the United States and who is not 
eligible to receive the Purple Heart as a result of such injury or 
illness.
    ``(b) Exclusion for Willful Misconduct.--Subsection (a) shall not 
apply with respect to any individual who suffered the injury or illness 
which serves as the basis for award of the Crimson Cross as a result of 
the individual's willful misconduct.
    ``(c) Design of Medal.--The Crimson Cross shall be of an 
appropriate design approved by the Secretary of Defense, with ribbons 
and other appurtenances.
    ``(d) One Award Authorized.--Not more than one Crimson Cross may be 
awarded to an individual. However, for each succeeding injury or 
illness that would otherwise justify the award of such a medal, the 
Secretary concerned may award a suitable device to be worn as the 
Secretary determines.
    ``(e) Documentation.--The Secretary concerned may require such 
medical documentation and other evidence of eligibility as the 
Secretary considers appropriate as a condition of making any award 
under this section.
    ``(f) Issuance to Representative of Deceased.--If an individual who 
is eligible to be awarded a Crimson Cross under subsection (a) dies 
before receiving such medal, the medal may be issued to the 
individual's representative, as designated by the Secretary concerned.
    ``(g) Award for Service Before Date of Enactment.--In the case of 
individuals whose eligibility for the Crimson Cross is by reason of 
injury or illness suffered before the date of the enactment of this 
section, the Secretary concerned shall provide in a timely manner for 
the issuance of the medal, upon application therefor.
    ``(h) Replacement.--Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary 
concerned, a Crimson Cross that is lost, destroyed, or rendered unfit 
for use without fault or neglect on the part of the individual to whom 
it was issued may be replaced upon application without charge.
    ``(i) Uniform Regulations.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure 
that regulations prescribed by the Secretaries of the military 
departments under this section are uniform so far as is practicable.
    ``(j) Qualifying Injury or Illness.--In this section, the term 
`qualifying injury or illness' means an injury or illness which 
required medical evacuation or hospitalization.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``1134. Crimson Cross.''.
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