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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6443 

To provide for the design, production, and presentation of a Gold Medal 

of Remembrance to the children of members of the Armed Forces who 

die while serving on active duty in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, or Operation New Dawn, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 18, 2010 

Mr. ROHRABACHER (for himself, Mr. OWENS, and Mr. LEE of New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 

for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 

for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 

committee concerned 

A BILL 

To provide for the design, production, and presentation of 

a Gold Medal of Remembrance to the children of members of the Armed Forces who die while serving on 

active duty in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, 

Operation Iraqi Freedom, or Operation New Dawn, and 

for other purposes. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Gold Medal of Remem3 brance for the Sons and Daughters of Our Fallen Act of 

4 2010’’. 

5 SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE RECOGNITION OF CHIL6 DREN OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES 

7 WHO DIE WHILE SERVING ON ACTIVE DUTY 

8 IN CERTAIN MILITARY OPERATIONS. 

9 (a) ESTABLISHMENT AND PRESENTATION OF

10 MEDAL.—Chapter 57 of title 10, United States Code, is 

11 amended by inserting after section 1126 the following new 

12 section: 

13 ‘‘§ 1126a. Gold Medal of Remembrance: eligibility and 

14 presentation 

15 ‘‘(a) ELIGIBILITY AND PRESENTATION.—A medal, to 

16 be known as the ‘Gold Medal of Remembrance’, shall be 

17 presented to a child of a member of the armed forces, re18 gardless of the age of the child, to identify and recognize 

19 the child when the member— 

20 ‘‘(1) dies while serving on active duty in sup21 port of a covered military operation; or 

22 ‘‘(2) dies as a result of wounds, injuries, or ill23 ness incurred while serving on active duty in support 

24 of a covered military operation. 

25 ‘‘(b) DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE.—The Gold Medal 

26 of Remembrance shall be composed of gold-plate over 


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1 bronze and shall be of such design and specifications as 

2 the Secretary concerned may determine. The Gold Medal 

3 of Remembrance is a national medal for purposes of sec4 tion 5111 of title 31. 

5 ‘‘(c) USE OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS.—The Secretary 

6 concerned may authorize the use of appropriated funds to 

7 procure Gold Medals of Remembrance and to provide for 

8 their presentation to children of members of the armed 

9 forces described in subsection (a). 

10 ‘‘(d) RELATION TO OTHER PRESENTATIONS.—The 

11 child of a member of the armed forces described in sub12 section (a) may receive a Gold Medal of Remembrance in 

13 addition to a Gold star lapel button under section 1126 

14 of this title and a medal presented by the White House 

15 Commission on Remembrance. 

16 ‘‘(e) PRESENTATION CEREMONIES.—It is the sense 

17 of Congress that, to the extent practicable, Gold Medals 

18 of Remembrance, should be presented to children of mem19 bers of the armed forces described in subsection (a) by 

20 military commanders in ceremonies recognizing the sup21 port and sacrifice of children of members of the armed 

22 forces. 

23 ‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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1 ‘‘(1) The term ‘child’, with respect to a member 

2 of the armed forces described in subsection (a), 

3 means— 

4 ‘‘(A) a legitimate child; 

5 ‘‘(B) an adopted child; 

6 ‘‘(C) a stepchild; and 

7 ‘‘(D) a person who was placed in the home 

8 of the member by a placement agency (recog9 nized by the Secretary of Defense), or by any 

10 other source authorized by State or local law to 

11 provide adoption placement, in anticipation of 

12 the legal adoption of the person by the member. 

13 ‘‘(2) The term ‘covered military operation’ 

14 means— 

15 ‘‘(A) Operation Enduring Freedom; 

16 ‘‘(B) Operation Iraqi Freedom; or 

17 ‘‘(C) Operation New Dawn. 

18 ‘‘(g) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

19 issue such regulations as may be necessary to carry out 

20 this section. The Secretary shall ensure that the regula21 tions are uniform for each armed force to the extent prac22 ticable.’’. 

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

24 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 


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1 after the item relating to section 1126 the following new 

2 item: 

‘‘1126a. Gold Medal of Remembrance: eligibility and presentation.’’. 

3 (c) RETROACTIVE APPLICATION.—Section 1126a of 

4 title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), 

5 shall apply with respect to deaths of members of the 

6 Armed Forces described in such section occurring any 

7 time after September 11, 2001. 

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