[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2011 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2011

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to remove the authority of the 
 Secretaries of the military departments to revoke combat valor awards.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 23, 2015

Mr. Hunter (for himself, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Ms. Granger, Mr. Kinzinger 
 of Illinois, Mr. Zinke, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Rigell, and 
 Mr. Nugent) 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 remove the authority of the 
 Secretaries of the military departments to revoke combat valor awards.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON SERVICE SECRETARY REVOCATION OF COMBAT VALOR 
              AWARDS.

    (a) Prohibition.--Chapter 57 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after section 1133 the following new section:
``Sec. 1133a. Prohibition on revocation of combat valor awards
    ``The Secretary of a military department does not have the 
authority to revoke any combat valor award.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 57 of such title is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 1133 the following new item:

``1133a. Prohibition on revocation of combat valor awards.''.
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