[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5579 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5579

 To provide that certain changes to the Manual of Military Decorations 
               and Awards shall have no force or effect.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 19, 2023

  Mr. Steube introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide that certain changes to the Manual of Military Decorations 
               and Awards shall have no force or effect.

    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 ``Preserve Military Recognition Act of 
2023''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF GENDER-NEUTRAL PRONOUN IN JOINT PERSONAL 
              MILITARY DECORATION CITATIONS.

    Changes to Figure 3 (regarding opening sentences for joint personal 
military decoration citations of the Department of Defense) of the 
Manual of Military Decorations and Awards: DoD Joint Decorations and 
Awards (Department of Defense Manual 1348.33, Vol. 4 (December 21, 
2016)) that became effective on August 7, 2023, and requires the use of 
the gender-neutral pronoun ``themself'' in joint personal military 
decoration citations of the Department of Defense, shall have no force 
or effect.
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