[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1172 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1172

 To amend titles 10 and 14, United States Code, to provide for the use 
          of gold in the metal content of the Medal of Honor.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 11, 2003

    Mr. Baca (for himself, Mr. Taylor of Mississippi, Mr. Wynn, Mr. 
   Acevedo-Vila, Mr. Terry, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Levin, and Mr. Rangel) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend titles 10 and 14, United States Code, to provide for the use 
          of gold in the metal content of 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. GOLD CONTENT FOR MEDAL OF HONOR.

    (a) Requirement for Gold Content.--Sections 3741, 6241, and 8741 of 
title 10, United States Code, and section 491 of title 14, United 
States Code, are each amended by inserting ``the metal content of which 
is 90 percent gold and 10 percent alloy and'' after ``appropriate 
design,''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to any award of the Medal of Honor after the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
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