[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2354 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2354

     To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the prompt 
replacement of military decorations upon the request of the recipients 
           of the decorations or their immediate next of kin.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 13, 2013

Ms. Esty (for herself and Mr. Heck of Nevada) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the prompt 
replacement of military decorations upon the request of the recipients 
           of the decorations or their immediate next of kin.

    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 ``Proper Replacement Of Medals and 
Performance Tracking Act'' or ``PROMPT Act''.

SEC. 2. REPLACEMENT OF MILITARY DECORATIONS.

    (a) Prompt Replacement Required; Annual Report.--Section 1135 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (d); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new 
        subsections:
    ``(b) Prompt Replacement Required.--When a request for the 
replacement of a military decoration is received under this section or 
section 3747, 3751, 6253, 8747, or 8751 of this title, the Secretary 
concerned shall ensure that--
            ``(1) all actions to be taken with respect to the request, 
        including verification of the service record of the recipient 
        of the military decoration, are completed within one year; and
            ``(2) the replacement military decoration is mailed to the 
        person requesting the replacement military decoration within 60 
        days after verification of the service record.
    ``(c) Annual Report.--The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees an annual report regarding compliance 
by the military departments with the performance standards imposed by 
subsection (b). Each report shall include--
            ``(1) for the one-year period covered by the report--
                    ``(A) the average number of days it took to verify 
                the service record and entitlement of members and 
                former members of the armed forces for replacement 
                military decorations;
                    ``(B) the average number of days between receipt of 
                a request and the date on which the replacement 
                military decoration was mailed; and
                    ``(C) the average number of days between 
                verification of a service record and the date on which 
                the replacement military decoration was mailed; and
            ``(2) an estimate of the funds necessary for the next 
        fiscal year to meet or exceed such performance standards.''.
    (b) Plan Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees (as defined in section 101(a)(16) of 
title 10, United States Code) a plan to implement the amendments made 
by subsection (a), including an estimate of the funds necessary for 
fiscal year 2015 to meet or exceed the performance standards imposed by 
such amendments.
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