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(2) The children of returning members of the 
Armed Forces who suffer from post-traumatic stress 
and other behavioral health disorders often also suf-
fer from severe distress due to the lack of a stable 
home environment and loss of a strong parental fig-
ure for guidance. 
(3) The children of members of the Armed 
Forces who are in severe distress can be helped by 
being given the opportunity to participate in inten-
sive specialized programs outside of their regular en-
vironment with other children who are going through 
similar situations. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the Department of Defense should continue to 
support dependents of members of the Armed Forces in 
attending camps offered by nonprofit organizations that 
are using evidence-based practices to provide support to 
children grieving the loss of a parent, guardian, or sibling, 
or who have a parent, guardian, or sibling who suffers 
from post-traumatic stress or a behavioral health disorder.
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Subtitle H—Decorations and 
Awards 
SEC. 581. AUTHORIZATION FOR AWARD OF THE DISTIN-
GUISHED-SERVICE CROSS FOR ACTS OF EX-
TRAORDINARY HEROISM DURING THE KO-
REAN WAR. 
Notwithstanding the time limitations specified in sec-
tion 3744 of title 10, United States Code, or any other 
time limitation with respect to the awarding of certain 
medals to persons who served in the Armed Forces, the 
Secretary of the Army may award the Distinguished-Serv-
ice Cross under section 3742 of such title to Edward 
Halcomb who, while serving in Korea as a member of the 
United States Army in the grade of Private First Class 
in Company B, 1st Battalion, 29th Infantry Regiment, 
24th Infantry Division, distinguished himself by acts of 
extraordinary heroism from August 20, 1950, to October 
19, 1950, during the Korean War. 
SEC. 582. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY OF SECRETARIES OF 
THE MILITARY DEPARTMENTS REGARDING 
REVOCATION OF COMBAT VALOR AWARDS. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Chapter 57 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1133 
the following new section:
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‘‘§ 1133a. Limitation on revocation of combat valor 
awards 
‘‘The Secretary of a military department may not re-
voke a combat valor award awarded to a member of the 
armed forces under the jurisdiction of that Secretary un-
less the conduct of the member during the period of serv-
ice during which the distinguished act occurred was not 
honorable. The Secretary may not consider the character-
ization of the member’s service outside of the actual time 
period covered by the award.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 57 of such title is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 1133 the 
following new item: 
‘‘1133a. Limitation on revocation of combat valor awards.’’. 
SEC. 583. AWARD OF PURPLE HEART TO MEMBERS OF THE 
ARMED FORCES WHO WERE VICTIMS OF THE 
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, BOMBING. 
Notwithstanding section 571(a)(2) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public 
Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3387), the Secretary of the mili-
tary department concerned shall award the Purple Heart 
pursuant to section 1129a of title 10, United States Code, 
to the following members of the Armed Forces who were 
killed in the bombing that occurred at the Murrah Federal 
Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on April 19, 1995:
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(1) Sergeant First Class Lola Renee Bolden, 
United States Army. 
(2) Sergeant Benjamin Laranzo Davis, United 
States Marine Corps. 
(3) Captain Randolph Albert Guzman, United 
States Marine Corps. 
(4) Airman First Class Lakesha Racquel Levy, 
United States Air Force. 
(5) Airman First Class Cartney Jean Mcraven, 
United States Air Force. 
(6) Master Sergeant Victoria Lee Sohn, United 
States Army. 
SEC. 584. ATOMIC VETERANS SERVICE MEDAL. 
(a) SERVICE MEDAL REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall design and produce a military service medal, 
to be known as the ‘‘Atomic Veterans Service Medal’’, to 
honor retired and former members of the Armed Forces 
who are radiation-exposed veterans (as such term is de-
fined in section 1112(c)(3) of title 38, United States 
Code). 
(b) DISTRIBUTION OF MEDAL.— 
(1) ISSUANCE TO RETIRED AND FORMER MEM-
BERS.—At the request of a radiation-exposed vet-
eran, the Secretary of Defense shall issue the Atom-
ic Veterans Service Medal to the veteran.
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(2) ISSUANCE TO NEXT-OF-KIN.—In the case of 
a radiation-exposed veteran who is deceased, the 
Secretary may provide for issuance of the Atomic 
Veterans Service Medal to the next-of-kin of the per-
son. 
(3) APPLICATION.—The Secretary shall prepare 
and disseminate as appropriate an application by 
which radiation-exposed veterans and their next-of- 
kin may apply to receive the Atomic Veterans Serv-
ice Medal. 
SEC. 585. POSTHUMOUS COMMISSION AS CAPTAIN IN THE 
REGULAR ARMY FOR MILTON HOLLAND. 
(a) POSTHUMOUS
COMMISSION.—Milton Holland, 
who, while sergeant major of the 5th Regiment, United 
States Colored Infantry, was awarded the Medal of Honor 
in recognition of his action on September 29, 1864, during 
the Battle of Chapin’s Farm, Virginia, when, as the cita-
tion for the medal states, he ‘‘took command of Company 
C, after all the officers had been killed or wounded, and 
gallantly led it’’, shall be deemed for all purposes to have 
held the grade of captain in the regular Army, effective 
as of that date and continuing until his separation from 
the Army.
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(b) PROHIBITION OF BENEFITS.—Section 1523 of 
title 10, United States Code, applies in the case of the 
posthumous commission described in subsection (a). 
SEC. 586. SENSE OF CONGRESS SUPPORTING THE DECI-
SION OF THE ARMY TO POSTHUMOUSLY PRO-
MOTE MASTER SERGEANT (RETIRED) NAOMI 
HORWITZ TO SERGEANT MAJOR. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Naomi Horwitz was born in Milwaukee, 
Wisconsin in 1916. 
(2) In 1942, Ms. Horwitz marched into the 
Army recruiters office and asked to join. 
(3) Ms. Horwitz served with the Women’s Army 
Auxiliary Corps, the Women’s Army Corps, and the 
Reserves. 
(4) Ms. Horwitz served from 1942 until 1946 
and reenlisted a few years later. 
(5) On October 24, 1965, one of the proudest 
moments of her military career, Ms. Horwitz’s was 
promoted to the rank of Sergeant Major in the U.S. 
Army Reserve. 
(6) As women were only eligible to hold the 
rank of Sergeant Major since 1960, Ms. Horwitz 
was one of only a handful of women to hold such 
rank during that time period.