[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2016 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2016

      To provide that the Secretary of Defense may provide public 
  identification of military casualties no sooner than 24 hours after 
                      notification of next-of-kin.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 7, 2003

 Mr. Jones of North Carolina (for himself and Mr. Gallegly) introduced 
   the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed 
                                Services

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                                 A BILL


 
      To provide that the Secretary of Defense may provide public 
  identification of military casualties no sooner than 24 hours after 
                      notification of next-of-kin.

    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 ``Military Family Peace-of-Mind Act''.

SEC. 2. PUBLIC IDENTIFICATION OF MILITARY CASUALTIES NO SOONER THAN 24 
              HOURS AFTER NOTIFICATION OF NEXT-OF-KIN.

    The Secretary of Defense may not publicly release the name or other 
personally identifying information of any member of the Army, Navy, Air 
Force, or Marine Corps who while on active duty or performing inactive 
duty training is killed or injured, whose duty status becomes unknown, 
or who is otherwise considered to be a casualty until a period of 24 
hours has elapsed after the notification of the next-of-kin of such 
member.
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