[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 132 (Thursday, August 3, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4887]
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  SA 767. Mr. PERDUE proposed an amendment to the bill S. 765, to amend 
title 18, United States Code, to provide for penalties for the sale of 
any Purple Heart awarded to a member of the Armed Forces; as follows:

       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Private Corrado Piccoli 
     Purple Heart Preservation Act''.

     SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

       Congress finds the following:
       (1) The Purple Heart medal solemnly recognizes the great 
     and sometimes ultimate sacrifice of American servicemembers 
     like Private Corrado Piccoli.
       (2) The Purple Heart medal holds a place of honor as the 
     national symbol of this sacrifice and deserves special 
     protections.

     SEC. 3. PENALTY FOR SALE OF PURPLE HEARTS AWARDED TO MEMBERS 
                   OF THE ARMED FORCES.

       Section 704 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``Whoever'' and 
     inserting ``Except as provided in subsection (e), whoever''; 
     and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(e) Purple Heart.--
       ``(1) Penalty.--Whoever willfully purchases, attempts to 
     purchase, solicits for purchase, mails, ships, imports, 
     exports, produces blank certificates of receipt for, 
     manufactures, sells, attempts to sell, advertises for sale, 
     trades, barters, or exchanges for anything of value any 
     Purple Heart awarded to a member of the armed forces or 
     former member of the armed forces by the Secretary of the 
     military department concerned, except when authorized under 
     regulations made pursuant to law, shall be fined under this 
     title, imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both.
       ``(2) Limitation on regulations.--Regulations described in 
     paragraph (1) may not authorize the sale of any Purple Heart 
     awarded to a member of the armed forces or former member of 
     the armed forces by the Secretary of the military department 
     concerned, unless the sale is conducted by the member or 
     former member to whom the Purple Heart was awarded.
       ``(3) Definition.--In this subsection, the term `willfully' 
     means the voluntary, intentional violation of a known legal 
     duty.''.
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