[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 156 (Tuesday, September 27, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5088]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5730. Mr. TOOMEY (for himself and Mr. Casey) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. 
Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the 
bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of subtitle G of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 575. ENHANCED INFORMATION RELATED TO AWARDING OF THE 
                   PURPLE HEART.

       (a) Publication of Award Criteria.--Not later than 180 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, each military 
     service shall ensure that a publicly available website 
     includes a link to--
       (1) a description of the background of the Purple Heart;
       (2) the eligibility criteria for awarding the Purple Heart; 
     and
       (3) contact information for that service's awards and 
     decorations branch liaison to facilitate confirmation by a 
     veteran or a veteran's next of kin whether a veteran has been 
     awarded the Purple Heart after December 31, 2002.
       (b) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the chief of each military service 
     shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report 
     on implementation of the requirements under subsection (a). 
     The report shall--
       (1) provide background on the publicly accessible website 
     described under subsection (a);
       (2) include the number of requests received by the service 
     related to confirming the award of a Purple Heart;
       (3) describe the average response time for confirming the 
     award of a Purple Heart in response to an inquiry from a 
     veteran or next of kin; and
       (4) include recommendations for decreasing the amount of 
     time taken to respond to such inquiries.
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