[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 540 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 540

 To direct the Secretary of Defense to issue a medal to honor veterans 
 of the Armed Forces who died after their service in the Vietnam War, 
 but whose deaths were a direct result of their service in the Vietnam 
                                  War.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 8, 2011

  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 honor veterans 
 of the Armed Forces who died after their service in the Vietnam War, 
 but whose deaths were a direct result of their service in the Vietnam 
                                  War.

    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 OF THE ARMED FORCES 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 to honor each veteran of the Armed Forces--
            (1) who served in the Vietnam War;
            (2) 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
            (3) whose name is not eligible for placement on the 
        memorial wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (as defined in 
        section 5(f) of Public Law 96-297 (16 U.S.C. 431 note), as 
        added by section 1 of Public Law 106-214 (114 Stat. 336)).
    (b) Application and Design.--The Secretary of Defense shall issue 
the Jesus (Chuchi) Salgado Medal upon receipt of an application for the 
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.--The Jesus (Chuchi) 
Salgado Medal shall be issued to the next-of-kin or representative of a 
veteran described in subsection (a), 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 carrying out this 
section.
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