I
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1935
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for a Korea Defense
Service Medal to be issued to members of the Armed Forces who partici-
pated in operations in Korea after the end of the Korean War.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 22, 2001
Mr. GALLEGLY (for himself, Mr. SPENCE, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. WELDON of
Pennsylvania, Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi, Mr. MCKEON, Ms. MCKINNEY,
Mrs. WILSON, Mr. BLAGOJEVICH, Mr. SCARBOROUGH, Mr. LANGEVIN,
Mr. RYUN of Kansas, Ms. SANCHEZ, Mr. KIRK, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr.
SCHROCK, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. SIMMONS, Mr. BERMAN, Mr.
BURTON of Indiana, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. HYDE, Mr. RUSH, Mr.
SOUDER, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. QUINN, Mr. WEINER, Ms. HART, Mr. STEN-
HOLM, Mr. WELLER, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. FOSSELLA, Mrs. JONES of Ohio,
Mr. KOLBE, Mr. FILNER, Mr. SCHAFFER, Mr. ROTHMAN, Mr. ENGLISH,
Mr. SESSIONS, and Mr. WOLF) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for a
Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members
of the Armed Forces who participated in operations in
Korea after the end of the Korean War.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Korea Defense Service
Medal Act’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) More than 40,000 members of the United
States Armed Forces have served on the Korean Pe-
ninsula each year since the signing of the cease-fire
agreement in July 1953 ending the Korean War.
(2) An estimated 1,200 members of the United
States Armed Forces died as a direct result of their
service in Korea since the cease-fire agreement in
July 1953.
SEC. 3. KOREA DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL.
(a) ARMY.—(1) Chapter 357 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section:
‘‘§ 3754. Korea Defense Service Medal
‘‘(a) The Secretary of the Army shall issue a cam-
paign medal, to be known as the Korea Defense Service
Medal, to each person who while a member of the Army
served in the Republic of Korea or the waters adjacent
thereto during the KDSM eligibility period and met the
service requirements for the award of that medal pre-
scribed under subsection (c).
‘‘(b) In this section, the term ‘‘KDSM eligibility pe-
riod’’ means the period beginning on July 28, 1954, and
ending on such date after the date of the enactment of
this section as may be determined by the Secretary of De-
fense to be appropriate for terminating eligibility for the
Korea Defense Service Medal.
‘‘(c) The Secretary of the Army shall prescribe service
requirements for eligibility for the Korea Defense Service
Medal. Those requirements shall not be more stringent
than the service requirements for award of the Armed
Forces Expeditionary Medal for instances in which the
award of that medal is authorized.’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such
chapter is amended by adding at the end the following
new item:
‘‘3754. Korea Defense Service Medal.’’.
(b) NAVY AND MARINE CORPS.—(1) Chapter 567 of
title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the
end the following new section:
‘‘§ 6256. Korea Defense Service Medal
‘‘(a) The Secretary of the Navy shall issue a cam-
paign medal, to be known as the Korea Defense Service
Medal, to each person who while a member of the Navy
or Marine Corps served in the Republic of Korea or the
waters adjacent thereto during the KDSM eligibility pe-
riod and met the service requirements for the award of
that medal prescribed under subsection (c).
‘‘(b) In this section, the term ‘‘KDSM eligibility pe-
riod’’ means the period beginning on July 28, 1954, and
ending on such date after the date of the enactment of
this section as may be determined by the Secretary of De-
fense to be appropriate for terminating eligibility for the
Korea Defense Service Medal.
‘‘(c) The Secretary of the Navy shall prescribe service
requirements for eligibility for the Korea Defense Service
Medal. Those requirements shall not be more stringent
than the service requirements for award of the Armed
Forces Expeditionary Medal for instances in which the
award of that medal is authorized.’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such
chapter is amended by adding at the end the following
new item:
‘‘6256. Korea Defense Service Medal.’’.
(c) AIR FORCE.—(1) Chapter 857 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section:
‘‘§ 8754. Korea Defense Service Medal
‘‘(a) The Secretary of the Air Force shall issue a
campaign medal, to be known as the Korea Defense Serv-
ice Medal, to each person who while a member of the Air
Force served in the Republic of Korea or the waters adja-