[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 406 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 406

To amend title 10, United States Code, to facilitate the replacement of 
  military decorations for relatives of deceased members of the Armed 
                                Forces.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 10, 2017

    Mr. Kind (for himself, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Jones, and Mr. Byrne) 
 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 facilitate the replacement of 
  military decorations for relatives of deceased members of the Armed 
                                Forces.

    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 ``Honoring our Heroes Act''.

SEC. 2. REPLACEMENT OF MILITARY DECORATIONS.

    Section 1135 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``or the immediate next 
        of kin'' and all that follows through the period at the end and 
        inserting the following: ``, the immediate next of kin of a 
        deceased recipient, or, if there is no living immediate next of 
        kin, a covered relative.''; and
            (2) by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
    ``(c) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) The term `covered relative' means a relative of a 
        deceased recipient of a military decoration who is--
                    ``(A) not the immediate next of kin; and
                    ``(B) related within the fourth degree of 
                consanguinity to the deceased recipient, or a more 
                distant relative if determined appropriate by the 
                Secretary concerned.
            ``(2) The term `decoration' means any decoration or award 
        (other than the medal of honor) that may be presented or 
        awarded by the President or the Secretary concerned to a member 
        of the armed forces.''.
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