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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 606
To direct the Secretaries of the military departments to conduct a review
of military service records to determine whether certain Jewish American
war veterans, including those previously awarded the Distinguished Serv-
ice Cross, Navy Cross, or Air Force Cross, should be awarded the
Medal of Honor.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 13, 2001
Mr. WEXLER (for himself, Mr. GILMAN, Mr. CROWLEY, and Mr. CANTOR) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Armed Services
A BILL
To direct the Secretaries of the military departments to
conduct a review of military service records to determine
whether certain Jewish American war veterans, including
those previously awarded the Distinguished Service
Cross, Navy Cross, or Air Force Cross, should be award-
ed the Medal of Honor.
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 ‘‘Leonard Kravitz Jew-
ish War Veterans Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. REVIEW REGARDING AWARD OF CONGRESSIONAL
MEDAL OF HONOR TO CERTAIN JEWISH
AMERICAN WAR VETERANS.
(a) REVIEW REQUIRED.—The Secretary of each mili-
tary department shall review the service records of each
Jewish American war veteran described in subsection (b)
to determine whether that veteran should be awarded the
Medal of Honor.
(b) COVERED JEWISH AMERICAN WAR VETERANS.—
The Jewish American war veterans whose service records
are to be reviewed under subsection (a) are the following:
(1) Any Jewish American war veteran who was
previously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross,
the Navy Cross, or the Air Force Cross.
(2) Any other Jewish American war veteran
whose name is submitted to the Secretary concerned
for such purpose by the Jewish War Veterans of the
United States of America before the end of the one-
year period beginning on the date of the enactment
of this Act.
(c) CONSULTATIONS.—In carrying out the review
under subsection (a), the Secretary of each military de-
partment shall consult with the Jewish War Veterans of
the United States of America and with such other veterans
service organizations as the Secretary considers appro-
priate.
(d) RECOMMENDATION BASED ON REVIEW.—If the
Secretary concerned determines, based upon the review
under subsection (a) of the service records of any Jewish
American war veteran, that the award of the Medal of
Honor to that veteran is warranted, the Secretary shall
submit to the President a recommendation that the Presi-
dent award the Medal of Honor to that veteran.
(e) AUTHORITY TO AWARD MEDAL OF HONOR.—A
Medal of Honor may be awarded to a Jewish American
war veteran in accordance with a recommendation of the
Secretary concerned under subsection (a).
(f) WAIVER OF TIME LIMITATIONS.—An award of
the Medal of Honor may be made under subsection (e)
without regard to—
(1) section 3744, 6248, or 8744 of title 10,
United States Code, as applicable; and
(2) any regulation or other administrative re-
striction on—
(A) the time for awarding the Medal of
Honor; or
(B) the awarding of the Medal of Honor
for service for which a Distinguished Service
Cross, Navy Cross, Air Force Cross, or any
other decoration has been awarded.
(g) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘‘Jewish American war veteran’’ means any person
who served in the Armed Forces during World War II or
a later period of war and who identified himself or herself
as Jewish on his or her military personnel records.
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