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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 666 

To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the establishment of 

a searchable database containing the names and citations of members 

of the Armed Forces, members of the United States merchant marine, 

and civilians affiliated with the Armed Forces who have been awarded 

the medal of honor or any other medal authorized by Congress for 

the Armed Forces, the United States merchant marine, or affiliated 

civilians. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 23, 2009 

Mr. SALAZAR (for himself, Mr. PATRICK J. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. 

MOORE of Kansas, Mr. HALL of New York, Ms. BORDALLO, Mrs. 

MALONEY, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. MORAN of 

Virginia, Mr. MURTHA, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. 

SHEA-PORTER, Mr. BOYD, Mr. HARE, Mr. WOLF, Mr. LINDER, Ms. 

MARKEY of Colorado, Mr. SESTAK, Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. 

BOSWELL, Mr. ROSS, Mr. COSTA, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. ROGERS

of Kentucky, Mr. PERLMUTTER, and Mr. KLINE of Minnesota) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed 

Services 

A BILL 

To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the establishment of a searchable database containing the names 

and citations of members of the Armed Forces, members 

of the United States merchant marine, and civilians affiliated with the Armed Forces who have been awarded 

the medal of honor or any other medal authorized by 


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Congress for the Armed Forces, the United States merchant marine, or affiliated civilians. 

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 ‘‘Military Valor Roll 

5 of Honor Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. MILITARY VALOR ROLL OF HONOR. 

7 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Chapter 57 of title 10, 

8 United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 

9 following new section: 

10 ‘‘§ 1136. Military Valor Roll of Honor 

11 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 

12 Defense shall establish and maintain a database, to be 

13 known as the ‘Military Valor Roll of Honor’, which shall 

14 contain the names and citations of all members of the 

15 Armed Forces, members of the United States merchant 

16 marine (including the Army Transport Service and the 

17 Naval Transport Service), and civilians affiliated with the 

18 Armed Forces who have been awarded the medal of honor 

19 or any other medal authorized by Congress for the Armed 

20 Forces, the United States merchant marine, or affiliated 

21 civilians. The Military Valor Roll of Honor shall include 

22 the names of those members recorded on the ‘Army, Navy, 

23 Air Force, and Coast Guard Medal of Honor Roll’ main24 tained pursuant to section 1560 of title 38. 


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1 ‘‘(b) SOURCES OF INFORMATION.—The Secretary of 

2 Defense shall develop the Military Valor Roll of Honor 

3 using the records of the military departments and such 

4 other sources of information as the Secretary considers to 

5 be appropriate and accurate. The Secretary of Homeland 

6 Security, with respect to the Coast Guard, and the Sec7 retary of Transportation, with respect to the United 

8 States merchant marine, shall provide the Secretary of 

9 Defense with information regarding the names and cita10 tions of members of the Coast Guard and United States 

11 merchant marine for inclusion in the Military Valor Roll 

12 of Honor. 

13 ‘‘(c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Military Valor Roll 

14 of Honor shall be a searchable database and available for 

15 public inspection.’’. 

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

17 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 

18 at the end the following new item: 

‘‘1136. Military Valor Roll of Honor.’’. 

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