[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5271 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5271

To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish and award a decoration, 
 to be known as the ``Coalition of the Willing Medal'', to members of 
 the military services of nations participating with the United States 
       in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 7, 2004

  Mr. Shimkus (for himself and Mr. Lampson) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish and award a decoration, 
 to be known as the ``Coalition of the Willing Medal'', to members of 
 the military services of nations participating with the United States 
       in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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

SECTION 1. COALITION OF THE WILLING MEDAL.

    (a) Requirement.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish and 
award a decoration to be known as the ``Coalition of the Willing 
Medal''. The medal shall be awarded, under procedures and criteria to 
be prescribed by the Secretary, to members of the military services of 
nations participating with the United States in Operation Enduring 
Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, for those members who participated 
in either of those operations.
    (b) Eligibility.--The Secretary shall establish the criteria for 
award of the Coalition of the Willing Medal to members of the military 
services of foreign nations to be as similar as practicable as the 
criteria for award of a United States campaign medal to members of the 
United States Armed Forces who participate in Operation Enduring 
Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom.
    (c) Applications; Posthumous Awards.--The Secretary shall establish 
procedures for the submission to the Secretary of applications for the 
Coalition of the Willing Medal and shall provide for posthumous award 
of such medal to the personal representative of any person eligible for 
the medal who is deceased.
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