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Senate Bill 4006
117th Congress(2021-2022)
Honoring Purple Heart Recipients Act of 2022
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Introduced in Senate on Apr 5, 2022
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S. 4006 (Introduced-in-Senate)


117th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 4006


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.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

April 5, 2022

Mr. Toomey (for himself, Mr. Casey, Mr. Tester, Mrs. Capito, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Daines, Mr. King, and Mr. Scott of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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 of 2022”.

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 each of the following criteria:

(1) The individual is awarded the Purple Heart for qualifying actions that occur after the date of the enactment of this Act.

(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).

(3) The public release of the individual’s name does not constitute a security risk, as determined by the Secretary of the military department concerned.