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107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1200

To direct the Secretaries of the military departments to conduct a review

of military service records to determine whether certain Jewish American

war veterans, including those previously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross, or Air Force Cross, should be awarded the

Medal of Honor.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JULY 19, 2001

Mr. CLELAND (for himself and Mr. LIEBERMAN) introduced the following bill;

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

A BILL

To direct the Secretaries of the military departments to

conduct a review of military service records to determine

whether certain Jewish American war veterans, including

those previously awarded the Distinguished Service

Cross, Navy Cross, or Air Force Cross, should be awarded the Medal of Honor.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Jewish War Veterans

5 Act of 2001’’.
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1 SEC. 2. REVIEW REGARDING AWARD OF CONGRESSIONAL

2 MEDAL OF HONOR TO CERTAIN JEWISH

3 AMERICAN WAR VETERANS.

4 (a) REVIEW REQUIRED.—The Secretary of each mili5 tary department shall review the service records of each

6 Jewish American war veteran described in subsection (b)

7 to determine whether or not that veteran should be award8 ed the Medal of Honor.

9 (b) COVERED JEWISH AMERICAN WAR VETERANS.—

10 The Jewish American war veterans whose service records

11 are to be reviewed under subsection (a) are the following:

12 (1) Any Jewish American war veteran who was

13 previously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross,

14 the Navy Cross, or the Air Force Cross.

15 (2) Any other Jewish American war veteran

16 whose name is submitted to the Secretary concerned

17 for such purpose by the Jewish War Veterans of the

18 United States of America before the end of the one19 year period beginning on the date of the enactment

20 of this Act.

21 (c) CONSULTATIONS.—In carrying out the review

22 under subsection (a), the Secretary of each military de23 partment shall consult with the Jewish War Veterans of

24 the United States of America and with such other veterans

25 service organizations as the Secretary considers appro26 priate.
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1 (d) RECOMMENDATION BASED ON REVIEW.—If the

2 Secretary concerned determines, based upon the review

3 under subsection (a) of the service records of any Jewish

4 American war veteran, that the award of the Medal of

5 Honor to that veteran is warranted, the Secretary shall

6 submit to the President a recommendation that the Presi7 dent award the Medal of Honor to that veteran.

8 (e) AUTHORITY TO AWARD MEDAL OF HONOR.—A

9 Medal of Honor may be awarded to a Jewish American

10 war veteran in accordance with a recommendation of the

11 Secretary concerned under subsection (d).

12 (f) WAIVER OF TIME LIMITATIONS.—An award of

13 the Medal of Honor may be made under subsection (e)

14 without regard to—

15 (1) section 3744, 6248, or 8744 of title 10,

16 United States Code, as applicable; and

17 (2) any regulation or other administrative re18 striction on—

19 (A) the time for awarding the Medal of

20 Honor; or

21 (B) the awarding of the Medal of Honor

22 for service for which a Distinguished Service

23 Cross, Navy Cross, Air Force Cross, or any

24 other decoration has been awarded.
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1 (g) JEWISH AMERICAN WAR VETERAN DEFINED.—

2 In this section, the term ‘‘Jewish American war veteran’’

3 means any person who served in the Armed Forces during

4 World War II or a later period of war and who identified

5 himself or herself as Jewish on his or her military per6 sonnel records.

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