[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 671 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 671

To direct the Secretary of Defense to issue a medal to certain veterans 
 who died after their service in the Vietnam War as a direct result of 
                             that service.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 26, 2009

  Mr. Filner 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 issue a medal to certain veterans 
 who died after their service in the Vietnam War as a direct result of 
                             that service.

    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 ``In Memory Medal for Forgotten 
Veterans Act''.

SEC. 2. MEDAL TO HONOR VETERANS WHO DIED AS A RESULT OF THEIR SERVICE 
              IN THE VIETNAM WAR.

    (a)  Medal Authorized.--There is established a medal, to be known 
as the ``Jesus (Chuchi) Salgado Medal'', to be issued by the Secretary 
of Defense for each veteran of the Vietnam War who died after serving 
in the war, but whose death is determined by the Secretary of Defense 
to be a direct result of that service, and whose name is not eligible 
for placement on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial authorized under Public 
Law 96-297 (16 U.S.C. 431 note).
    (b) Application and Design.--The Jesus (Chuchi) Salgado Medal shall 
be issued upon receipt by the Secretary of Defense of an application 
for such medal, submitted in accordance with such regulations as the 
Secretary prescribes. The medal shall be of an appropriate design 
approved by the Secretary.
    (c) Issuance to Representative of Deceased.--A Jesus (Chuchi) 
Salgado Medal issued for a veteran described in subsection (a) shall be 
issued to the next-of-kin or representative of such veteran, as 
designated by the Secretary of Defense.
    (d) Assistance From the Department of Veterans Affairs.--The 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall make available to the Secretary of 
Defense such records, and otherwise provide such assistance, as the 
Secretary of Defense may require for purposes of this section.
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