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Union Calendar No. 468 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1775 

[Report No. 112–650] 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to establish a criminal offense relating 

to fraudulent claims about military service. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 5, 2011 

Mr. HECK (for himself, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. CHAFFETZ, 

Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. 

HELLER, Mr. PLATTS, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. BARTLETT, 

Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. 

MCKEON, Mr. WEST, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. 

GRIMM, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. ROONEY, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. DUNCAN of 

South Carolina, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. YOUNG of 

Florida, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. WALDEN, Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois, Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee, and Mr. LONG) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012 

Additional sponsors: Mr. REHBERG, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, Mrs. ADAMS, 

Mr. GIBBS, Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California, Mr. BROOKS, Mr. 

KISSELL, Mr. LABRADOR, Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California, Mr. 

WOMACK, Mr. FINCHER, Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas, Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky, Mr. RIBBLE, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mrs. 

CHRISTENSEN, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mrs. SCHMIDT, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. 

MCCOTTER, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mrs. BLACK, Mr. AMODEI, Ms. BERKLEY, 

Mr. RENACCI, Mrs. NOEM, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. JONES, Mr. COLE, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. BARROW, Mr. 

CRITZ, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. AKIN, Mr. 

BACHUS, Mr. RIGELL, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. AUSTRIA, Mr. 

NUNNELEE, Mr. WITTMAN, Ms. HAYWORTH, Mr. ROSKAM, Mr. 

FITZPATRICK, Mr. YODER, Mr. MARINO, Ms. JENKINS, Mr. NUGENT, Mr. 

SCOTT of South Carolina, Mr. FORBES, Mr. SCHILLING, Mr. HEINRICH, 

Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. 

SHULER, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. 


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CICILLINE, Mr. PETERSON, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. FLORES, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. GERLACH, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. HUIZENGA

of Michigan, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. ROKITA, Mr. CANSECO, and 

Mr. BASS of New Hampshire 

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012 

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 

on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to establish a criminal offense relating to fraudulent claims about military 

service. 


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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 ‘‘Stolen Valor Act of 

5 2011’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF CRIMINAL OFFENSE RELATING 

7 TO CERTAIN MISREPRESENTATIONS ABOUT 

8 MILITARY SERVICE. 

9 (a) MISREPRESENTATIONS ABOUT MILITARY SERV10 ICE.—Chapter 47 of title 18, United States Code, is 

11 amended by adding at the end the following new section: 

12 ‘‘§ 1041. Certain misrepresentations about military 

13 service. 

14 ‘‘(a) OFFENSE.—Whoever, with intent to obtain any15 thing of value, knowingly makes a misrepresentation re16 garding his or her military service, shall— 

17 ‘‘(1) if the misrepresentation is that such indi18 vidual served in a combat zone, served in a special 

19 operations force, or was awarded the Congressional 

20 Medal of Honor, be fined under this title, impris21 oned not more than 1 year, or both; and 

22 ‘‘(2) in any other case, be fined under this title, 

23 imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both. 

24 ‘‘(b) EXCEPTION FOR DENIAL OF SERVICE.—Sub25 section (a) does not apply to a misrepresentation that an 


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1 individual did not serve in the Armed Forces of the United 

2 States. 

3 ‘‘(c) DEFENSE.—It is a defense to a prosecution 

4 under this section if the thing of value is de minimis. 

5 ‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

6 ‘‘(1) ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED

7 STATES.—The term ‘Armed Forces of the United 

8 States’ means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine 

9 Corps, and Coast Guard, including the reserve com10 ponents named in section 10101 of title 10, United 

11 States Code. 

12 ‘‘(2) COMBAT ZONE.—The term ‘combat zone’ 

13 has the meaning given such term in section 

14 112(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 

15 ‘‘(3) CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR.—The 

16 term ‘Congressional Medal of Honor’ has the mean17 ing given such term in section 704 of title 18, 

18 United States Code. 

19 ‘‘(4) MILITARY SERVICE.—The term ‘military 

20 service’ means— 

21 ‘‘(A) service in the Armed Forces of the 

22 United States; 

23 ‘‘(B) service in a combat zone as a member 

24 of the Armed Forces of the United States; 


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1 ‘‘(C) attainment of a specific rank in the 

2 Armed Forces of the United States; and 

3 ‘‘(D) receipt of— 

4 ‘‘(i) any decoration or medal author5 ized by Congress for the Armed Forces of 

6 the United States; 

7 ‘‘(ii) any of the service medals or 

8 badges awarded to members of such forces; 

9 or 

10 ‘‘(iii) the ribbon, button, or rosette of 

11 any such badge, decoration, or medal. 

12 ‘‘(5) SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCE.—The term 

13 ‘special operations force’ has the meaning given such 

14 term in section 167(i) of title 10, United States 

15 Code.’’. 

16 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 704 of 

17 title 18, United States Code, is amended— 

18 (1) by striking subsection (b); 

19 (2) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 

20 subsections (b) and (c), respectively; 

21 (3) in subsection (b)(1), as redesignated by 

22 paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or (b)’’; and 

23 (4) in subsection (c), as redesignated by para24 graph (2), by striking ‘‘or (b)’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. CLERICAL AMENDMENT. 

2 The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 47 

3 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at 

4 the end the following new item: 

‘‘1041. Certain misrepresentations about military service.’’. 

5 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

6 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stolen Valor Act of 

7 2012’’. 

8 SEC. 2. FRAUDULENT REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT RECEIPT 

9 OF MILITARY DECORATIONS OR MEDALS. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 704 of title 18, United 

11 States Code, is amended— 

12 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘wears,’’; and 

13 (2) so that subsection (b) reads as follows: 

14 ‘‘(b) FRAUDULENT REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT RE15 CEIPT OF MILITARY DECORATIONS OR MEDALS.—Whoever, 

16 with intent to obtain money, property, or other tangible 

17 benefit, fraudulently holds oneself out to be a recipient of 

18 a decoration or medal described in subsection (c)(2) or (d) 

19 shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 

20 one year, or both.’’. 

21 (b) ADDITION OF CERTAIN OTHER MEDALS.—Section 

22 704(d) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— 

23 (1) by striking ‘‘If a decoration’’ and inserting 

24 the following: 

25 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a decoration’’; 


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1 (2) by inserting ‘‘a combat badge,’’ after ‘‘1129 

2 of title 10,’’; and 

3 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(2) COMBAT BADGE DEFINED.—In this sub5 section, the term ‘combat badge’ means a Combat In6 fantryman’s Badge, Combat Action Badge, Combat 

7 Medical Badge, Combat Action Ribbon, or Combat 

8 Action Medal.’’. 

9 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 704 of title 

10 18, United States Code, is amended in each of subsections 

11 (c)(1) and (d) by striking ‘‘or (b)’’. 

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to amend title 

18, United States Code, with respect to fraudulent representations about having received military decorations or 

medals.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 468 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1775 

[Report No. 112–650] 

A BILL 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to establish 

about military service. a criminal offense relating to fraudulent claims 

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012 

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 

dered to be printed of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and orVerDate Mar 15 2010 23:06 Sep 10, 2012 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H1775.RH H1775

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