(b) NAVY.—(1) Chapter 567 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section:
‘‘§ 6256. Medal of honor: additional medal for display
or exhibit purposes
‘‘An individual awarded a medal of honor may, upon
request of that individual, be furnished, without charge,
another medal of honor of appropriate design, for pur-
poses of display or exhibit by that individual in place of
the medal of honor first awarded.’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such
chapter is amended by adding at the end the following
new item:
‘‘6256. Medal of honor: additional medal for display or exhibit purposes.’’.
(c) AIR FORCE.—(1) Chapter 857 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section:
‘‘§ 8753. Medal of honor: additional medal for display
or exhibit purposes
‘‘An individual awarded a medal of honor may, upon
request of that individual, be furnished, without charge,
another medal of honor of appropriate design, for pur-
poses of display or exhibit by that individual in place of
the medal of honor first awarded.’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such
chapter is amended by adding at the end the following
new item:
‘‘8753. Medal of honor: additional medal for display or exhibit purposes.’’.
(d) COAST GUARD.—(1) Chapter 13 of title 14,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following new section:
‘‘§ 504. Medal of honor: additional medal for display
or exhibit purposes
‘‘An individual awarded a medal of honor may, upon
request of that individual, be furnished, without charge,
another medal of honor of appropriate design, for pur-
poses of display or exhibit by that individual in place of
the medal of honor first awarded.’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such
chapter is amended by adding at the end the following
new item:
‘‘504. Medal of honor: additional medal for display or exhibit purposes.’’.
SEC. 4. CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR UNAUTHORIZED PUR-
CHASE OR POSSESSION OF MEDAL OF HONOR
OR FOR FALSE PERSONATION AS A RECIPI-
ENT OF MEDAL OF HONOR.
(a) UNAUTHORIZED PURCHASE OR POSSESSION.—
Section 704 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘IN
GEN-
ERAL.—Whoever’’ and inserting ‘‘IN GENERAL.—
Except as provided in subsection (b), whoever’’; and
(2) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(b) MEDAL OF HONOR.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Whoever knowingly wears,
possesses, manufactures, purchases, or sells a Medal
of Honor, or the ribbon, button, or rosette of a
Medal of Honor, or any colorable imitation thereof,
except when authorized under regulations made pur-
suant to law, shall be fined under this title or im-
prisoned not more than one year, or both.
‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this subsection:
‘‘(A) The term ‘Medal of Honor’ means—
‘‘(i) a medal of honor awarded under
section 3741, 6241, or 8741 of title 10 or
section 491 of title 14;
‘‘(ii) a medal of honor furnished
under section 3754, 6256, or 8753 of title
10 or section 504 of title 14; or
‘‘(iii) a replacement of a medal of
honor under section 3747, 6253, or 8751
of title 10 or section 501 of title 14.
‘‘(B) The term ‘sells’ includes trades, bar-
ters, or exchanges for anything of value.’’.
(b) FALSE PERSONATION.—(1) Chapter 43 of such
title is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:
‘‘§ 918. Medal of honor recipient
‘‘(a) Whoever falsely or fraudulently holds himself out
as having been, or represents or pretends himself to have
been, awarded a medal of honor shall be fined under this
title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
‘‘(b) As used in this section, the term ‘medal of
honor’ means a medal awarded under section 3741, 6241,
or 8741 of title 10 or section 491 of title 14.’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such
chapter is amended by adding at the end the following
new item:
‘‘918. Medal of honor recipient.’’.
SEC. 5. FUNDING FOR CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR
SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMER-
ICA.
(a) NONDISCRETIONARY GRANT.—The Secretary of
Veterans Affairs shall grant to the Congressional Medal
of Honor Society of the United States of America char-
tered under section 40501 of title 36, United States Code,
each amount appropriated pursuant to the authorization
of appropriations in subsection (b), for use by the Society
for the operation of the principal office referred to in sec-
tion 40507 of such title.
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated for grants under sub-
section (a) $500,000 for each fiscal year beginning after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION FOR SPOUSE TO ACCOMPANY
MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT FOR OFFICIAL
ACTIVITIES ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
AIRCRAFT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 157 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section:
‘‘§ 2647. Space-available travel on Department of De-
fense 
aircraft: 
spouses 
accompanying
medal of honor recipients for official De-
partment of Defense activities
‘‘(a) 
TRANSPORTATION
OF
ACCOMPANYING
SPOUSES.—In providing space-available transportation for
an official Department of Defense activity to an individual
by reason of that individual’s status as a medal of honor
recipient, the Secretary of Defense shall provide such
transportation to a spouse accompanying that individual
on the same basis as that recipient.