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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1351 

To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the award of a 

military service medal to members of the Armed Forces who served 

honorably during the Cold War era. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 30, 2005 

Mrs. CLINTON introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL

To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the 

award of a military service medal to members of the 

Armed Forces who served honorably during the Cold 

War era.

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 ‘‘Cold War Medal Act of 

5 2005’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. COLD WAR SERVICE MEDAL. 

2 (a) AUTHORITY.—Chapter 57 of title 10, United 

3 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol4 lowing new section: 

5 ‘‘§ 1135. Cold War service medal 

6 ‘‘(a) MEDAL AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary con7 cerned shall issue a service medal, to be known as the 

8 ‘Cold War service medal’, to persons eligible to receive the 

9 medal under subsection (b). The Cold War service medal 

10 shall be of an appropriate design approved by the Sec11 retary of Defense, with ribbons, lapel pins, and other ap12 purtenances. 

13 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE PERSONS.—The following persons are 

14 eligible to receive the Cold War service medal: 

15 ‘‘(1) A person who— 

16 ‘‘(A) performed active duty or inactive 

17 duty training as an enlisted member during the 

18 Cold War; 

19 ‘‘(B) completed the person’s initial term of 

20 enlistment or, if discharged before completion of 

21 such initial term of enlistment, was honorably 

22 discharged after completion of not less than 

23 180 days of service on active duty; and 

24 ‘‘(C) has not received a discharge less fa25 vorable than an honorable discharge or a re-
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1 lease from active duty with a characterization 

2 of service less favorable than honorable. 

3 ‘‘(2) A person who— 

4 ‘‘(A) performed active duty or inactive 

5 duty training as a commissioned officer or war6 rant officer during the Cold War; 

7 ‘‘(B) completed the person’s initial service 

8 obligation as an officer or, if discharged or sep9 arated before completion of such initial service 

10 obligation, was honorably discharged after com11 pletion of not less than 180 days of service on 

12 active duty; and 

13 ‘‘(C) has not been released from active 

14 duty with a characterization of service less fa15 vorable than honorable and has not received a 

16 discharge or separation less favorable than an 

17 honorable discharge. 

18 ‘‘(c) ONE AWARD AUTHORIZED.—Not more than one 

19 Cold War service medal may be issued to any person. 

20 ‘‘(d) ISSUANCE TO REPRESENTATIVE OF DE21 CEASED.—If a person described in subsection (b) dies be22 fore being issued the Cold War service medal, the medal 

23 shall be issued to the person’s representative, as des24 ignated by the Secretary concerned. 
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1 ‘‘(e) REPLACEMENT.—Under regulations prescribed 

2 by the Secretary concerned, a Cold War service medal that 

3 is lost, destroyed, or rendered unfit for use without fault 

4 or neglect on the part of the person to whom it was issued 

5 may be replaced without charge. 

6 ‘‘(f) APPLICATION FOR MEDAL.—The Cold War serv7 ice medal shall be issued upon receipt by the Secretary 

8 concerned of an application for such medal, submitted in 

9 accordance with such regulations as the Secretary pre10 scribes. 

11 ‘‘(g) UNIFORM REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of De12 fense shall ensure that regulations prescribed by the Sec13 retaries of the military departments under this section are 

14 uniform so far as is practicable. 

15 ‘‘(h) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘Cold 

16 War’ means the period beginning on September 2, 1945, 

17 and ending at the end of December 26, 1991.’’. 

18 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

19 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 

20 at the end the following new item:

‘‘1135. Cold War service medal.’’.

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