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Calendar No. 104 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 59 

[Report No. 113–50] 

To designate a Distinguished Flying Cross National Memorial at the March 

Field Air Museum in Riverside, California. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 22 (legislative day, JANUARY 3), 2013 

Mrs. BOXER (for herself, Mr. NELSON, and Mrs. FEINSTEIN) introduced the 

following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

JUNE 27, 2013 

Reported by Mr. WYDEN, without amendment 

A BILL 

To designate a Distinguished Flying Cross National Memorial at the March Field Air Museum in Riverside, California. 

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 ‘‘Distinguished Flying 

5 Cross National Memorial Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS 

2 NATIONAL MEMORIAL IN RIVERSIDE, CALI3 FORNIA. 

4 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

5 (1) The Distinguished Flying Cross, which was 

6 created by Congress in 1926, is the oldest military 

7 award in the United States for achievements in avia8 tion. 

9 (2) The most reliable statistics regarding the 

10 number of members of the Armed Forces who have 

11 been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross indi12 cate that 126,318 members of the Armed Forces re13 ceived the medal during World War II, approxi14 mately 21,000 members received the medal during 

15 the Korean conflict, and 21,647 members received 

16 the medal during the Vietnam War. 

17 (3) Since the end of the Vietnam War, more 

18 than 203 Armed Forces members have received the 

19 medal in times of conflict. 

20 (4) Since the National Personnel Records Cen21 ter in St. Louis, Missouri, burned down in 1973, 

22 many more recipients of the Distinguished Flying 

23 Cross may be undocumented. 

24 (5) Currently, the Department of Defense con25 tinues to locate and identify members of the Armed 


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1 Forces whose award of the medal has not been docu2 mented. 

3 (6) The United States currently lacks a na4 tional memorial dedicated to the bravery and sac5 rifice of those members of the Armed Forces who 

6 have distinguished themselves by heroic deeds per7 formed in aerial flight. 

8 (7) An appropriate memorial to current and 

9 former members of the Armed Forces has been con10 structed at March Field Air Museum in Riverside, 

11 California. 

12 (8) The Distinguished Flying Cross National 

13 Memorial would honor all those members of the 

14 Armed Forces who have distinguished themselves in 

15 aerial flight, whether documentation of such mem16 bers who earned the Distinguished Flying Cross ex17 ists or not. 

18 (b) DESIGNATION.—The memorial to members of the 

19 Armed Forces who have been awarded the Distinguished 

20 Flying Cross at March Field Air Museum in Riverside, 

21 California, is designated as the ‘‘Distinguished Flying 

22 Cross National Memorial’’. 

23 (c) EFFECT OF DESIGNATION.—The national memo24 rial designated by this section is not a unit of the National 

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1 rial shall not be construed to require or permit Federal 

2 funds to be expended for any purpose related to the na3 tional memorial. 


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Calendar No. 104 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 59 

[Report No. 113–50] 

A BILL 

To designate a Distinguished Flying Cross National 

Riverside, California. Memorial at the March Field Air Museum in 

JUNE 27, 2013 

Reported without amendment 


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