[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6039 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6039

 To expand retroactive eligibility of the Army Combat Action Badge to 
  include members of the Army who participated in combat during which 
 they personally engaged, or were personally engaged by, the enemy at 
                 any time on or after December 7, 1941.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 7, 2006

 Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida introduced the following bill; which 
            was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To expand retroactive eligibility of the Army Combat Action Badge to 
  include members of the Army who participated in combat during which 
 they personally engaged, or were personally engaged by, the enemy at 
                 any time on or after December 7, 1941.

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

SECTION 1. RETROACTIVE AWARD OF ARMY COMBAT ACTION BADGE.

    The Secretary of the Army may award the Army Combat Action Badge 
(established by order of the Secretary of the Army through 
Headquarters, Department of the Army Letter 600-05-1, dated June 3, 
2005) to a person who, while a member of the Army, participated in 
combat during which the person personally engaged, or was personally 
engaged by, the enemy at any time during the period beginning on 
December 7, 1941, and ending on September 18, 2001 (the date of the 
otherwise applicable limitation on retroactivity for the award of such 
decoration), if the Secretary determines that the person has not been 
previously recognized in an appropriate manner for such participation.
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