[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5172 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5172

To direct the Secretary of Defense to list certain individuals who are 
 awarded the Purple Heart on the internet website of the Department of 
 Defense that lists individuals who have been awarded certain military 
                                awards.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 3, 2021

Mr. Reschenthaler 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 list certain individuals who are 
 awarded the Purple Heart on the internet website of the Department of 
 Defense that lists individuals who have been awarded certain military 
                                awards.

    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 Purple Heart Recipients 
Act''.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF PURPLE HEART AWARDS ON MILITARY VALOR WEBSITE.

    The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the publicly accessible 
internet website of the Department of Defense that lists individuals 
who have been awarded certain military awards includes a list of each 
individual who meets the following criteria:
            (1) After the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
        individual is awarded the Purple Heart.
            (2) The individual elects to be included on such list (or, 
        if the individual is deceased, the primary next of kin elects 
        the individual to be included on such list).
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