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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2743 

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, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 5, 2009 

Ms. SNOWE (for herself, Mr. WEBB, Mrs. LINCOLN, and Ms. LANDRIEU) 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, 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Cold War Service 

5 Medal Act of 2009’’. 

6 SEC. 2. COLD WAR SERVICE MEDAL. 

7 (a) MEDAL AUTHORIZED.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 57 of title 10, 

2 United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

3 end the following new section: 

4 ‘‘§ 1136. Cold War Service Medal 

5 ‘‘(a) MEDAL AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary con6 cerned may issue a service medal, to be known as the ‘Cold 

7 War Service Medal’, to persons eligible to receive the 

8 medal under subsection (c). 

9 ‘‘(b) DESIGN.—The Cold War Service Medal shall be 

10 of an appropriate design approved by the Secretary of De11 fense, with ribbons, lapel pins, and other appurtenances. 

12 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE PERSONS.—A person eligible to be 

13 issued the Cold War Service Medal is any person— 

14 ‘‘(1) who— 

15 ‘‘(A) served on active duty in the Armed 

16 Forces for not less than 24 consecutive months 

17 during the Cold War; 

18 ‘‘(B) was deployed as a member of the 

19 Armed Forces outside the continental United 

20 States for a period of at least 30 days during 

21 the Cold War; or 

22 ‘‘(C) performed such other service in the 

23 Armed Forces during the Cold War as the Sec24 retary of Defense may prescribe for purposes of 

25 this section; and 


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1 ‘‘(2) who, if discharged or released from the 

2 Armed Forces, was so discharged or released under 

3 honorable conditions after service in the armed 

4 forces characterized as honorable. 

5 ‘‘(d) ONE MEDAL AUTHORIZED.—Not more than one 

6 Cold War Service Medal may be issued to any person. 

7 ‘‘(e) ISSUANCE TO REPRESENTATIVE OF DE8 CEASED.—If a person described in subsection (c) dies be9 fore being issued the Cold War Service Medal, the medal 

10 may be issued to the person’s representative, as designated 

11 by the Secretary concerned. 

12 ‘‘(f) REPLACEMENT.—Under regulations prescribed 

13 by the Secretary concerned, a Cold War Service Medal 

14 that is lost, destroyed, or rendered unfit for use without 

15 fault or neglect on the part of the person to whom it was 

16 issued may be replaced without charge. 

17 ‘‘(g) REGULATIONS.—The issuance of a Cold War 

18 Service Medal shall be subject to such regulations as the 

19 Secretaries concerned shall prescribe for purposes of this 

20 section. The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that any 

21 regulations prescribed under this subsection are uniform 

22 to the extent practicable. 

23 ‘‘(h) COLD WAR DEFINED.—In this section, the term 

24 ‘Cold War’ means the period beginning on September 2, 

25 1945, and ending on December 26, 1991.’’. 


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1 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec2 tions at the beginning of chapter 57 of such title is 

3 amended by adding at the end the following new 

4 item: 

‘‘1136. Cold War Service Medal.’’. 

5 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con6 gress that the Secretary of Defense should take appro7 priate actions to expedite— 

8 (1) the design of the Cold War Service Medal 

9 provided for by section 1136 of title 10, United 

10 States Code (as added by subsection (a)); and 

11 (2) the establishment and implementation of 

12 mechanisms to facilitate the issuance of the Cold 

13 War Service Medal to persons eligible for the 

14 issuance of the medal under such section. 

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