[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 606 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 606

  To direct the Secretaries of the military departments to conduct a 
review of military service records to determine whether certain Jewish 
     American war veterans, including those previously awarded the 
Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross, or Air Force Cross, should be 
                      awarded the Medal of Honor.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 13, 2001

   Mr. Wexler (for himself, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Crowley, and Mr. Cantor) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Secretaries of the military departments to conduct a 
review of military service records to determine whether certain Jewish 
     American war veterans, including those previously awarded the 
Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross, or Air Force Cross, should be 
                      awarded the Medal of Honor.

    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 ``Leonard Kravitz Jewish War Veterans 
Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. REVIEW REGARDING AWARD OF CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR TO 
              CERTAIN JEWISH AMERICAN WAR VETERANS.

    (a) Review Required.--The Secretary of each military department 
shall review the service records of each Jewish American war veteran 
described in subsection (b) to determine whether that veteran should be 
awarded the Medal of Honor.
    (b) Covered Jewish American War Veterans.--The Jewish American war 
veterans whose service records are to be reviewed under subsection (a) 
are the following:
            (1) Any Jewish American war veteran who was previously 
        awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the Navy Cross, or the 
        Air Force Cross.
            (2) Any other Jewish American war veteran whose name is 
        submitted to the Secretary concerned for such purpose by the 
        Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America before the 
        end of the one-year period beginning on the date of the 
        enactment of this Act.
    (c) Consultations.--In carrying out the review under subsection 
(a), the Secretary of each military department shall consult with the 
Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America and with such other 
veterans service organizations as the Secretary considers appropriate.
    (d) Recommendation Based on Review.--If the Secretary concerned 
determines, based upon the review under subsection (a) of the service 
records of any Jewish American war veteran, that the award of the Medal 
of Honor to that veteran is warranted, the Secretary shall submit to 
the President a recommendation that the President award the Medal of 
Honor to that veteran.
    (e) Authority To Award Medal of Honor.--A Medal of Honor may be 
awarded to a Jewish American war veteran in accordance with a 
recommendation of the Secretary concerned under subsection (a).
    (f) Waiver of Time Limitations.--An award of the Medal of Honor may 
be made under subsection (e) without regard to--
            (1) section 3744, 6248, or 8744 of title 10, United States 
        Code, as applicable; and
            (2) any regulation or other administrative restriction on--
                    (A) the time for awarding the Medal of Honor; or
                    (B) the awarding of the Medal of Honor for service 
                for which a Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross, 
                Air Force Cross, or any other decoration has been 
                awarded.
    (g) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term ``Jewish 
American war veteran'' means any person who served in the Armed Forces 
during World War II or a later period of war and who identified himself 
or herself as Jewish on his or her military personnel records.
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