II 109th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 612 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 14, 2005 Mr. Specter introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To require the Secretary of the Army to award the Combat Medical Badge or another combat badge for Army helicopter medical evacuation ambulance (Medevac) pilots and crews.

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Award of combat medical badge (cmb) or other combat badge for Army helicopter medical evacuation ambulance (medevac) pilots and crews

(a)

Requirement to elect and award combat badge

The Secretary of the Army shall, at the election of the Secretary— (1) award the Combat Medical Badge (CMB) to each member of a helicopter medical evacuation ambulance crew; or (2) (A) establish a badge of appropriate design, to be known as the Combat Medevac Badge; and (B) award that badge to each member of a helicopter medical evacuation ambulance crew who meets such requirements for eligibility for the award of that badge as the Secretary shall prescribe. (b)

Award for service before date of enactment

In the case of persons who qualified for treatment as a member of a helicopter medical evacuation ambulance crew by reason of service during the period beginning on June 25, 1950, and ending on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall award a badge under subsection (a) to each such person with respect to whom an application for the award of such badge is made to the Secretary after such date in such manner as the Secretary may require. (c)

Member of helicopter medical evacuation ambulance crew defined

In this section, the term member of a helicopter medical evacuation ambulance crew means any person who while a member of the Army served in combat on or after June 25, 1950, as a pilot or crew member of a helicopter medical evacuation ambulance.