SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Gold Medal of Remem-
brance for the Sons and Daughters of Our Fallen Act of 
2010’’. 
SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE RECOGNITION OF CHIL-
DREN OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES 
WHO DIE WHILE SERVING ON ACTIVE DUTY 
IN CERTAIN MILITARY OPERATIONS. 
(a) 
ESTABLISHMENT
AND
PRESENTATION
OF 
MEDAL.—Chapter 57 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after section 1126 the following new 
section: 
‘‘§ 1126a. Gold Medal of Remembrance: eligibility and 
presentation 
‘‘(a) ELIGIBILITY AND PRESENTATION.—A medal, to 
be known as the ‘Gold Medal of Remembrance’, shall be 
presented to a child of a member of the armed forces, re-
gardless of the age of the child, to identify and recognize 
the child when the member— 
‘‘(1) dies while serving on active duty in sup-
port of a covered military operation; or 
‘‘(2) dies as a result of wounds, injuries, or ill-
ness incurred while serving on active duty in support 
of a covered military operation. 
‘‘(b) DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE.—The Gold Medal 
of Remembrance shall be composed of gold-plate over 
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bronze and shall be of such design and specifications as 
the Secretary concerned may determine. The Gold Medal 
of Remembrance is a national medal for purposes of sec-
tion 5111 of title 31. 
‘‘(c) USE OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS.—The Secretary 
concerned may authorize the use of appropriated funds to 
procure Gold Medals of Remembrance and to provide for 
their presentation to children of members of the armed 
forces described in subsection (a). 
‘‘(d) RELATION TO OTHER PRESENTATIONS.—The 
child of a member of the armed forces described in sub-
section (a) may receive a Gold Medal of Remembrance in 
addition to a Gold star lapel button under section 1126 
of this title and a medal presented by the White House 
Commission on Remembrance. 
‘‘(e) PRESENTATION CEREMONIES.—It is the sense 
of Congress that, to the extent practicable, Gold Medals 
of Remembrance, should be presented to children of mem-
bers of the armed forces described in subsection (a) by 
military commanders in ceremonies recognizing the sup-
port and sacrifice of children of members of the armed 
forces. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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‘‘(1) The term ‘child’, with respect to a member 
of the armed forces described in subsection (a), 
means— 
‘‘(A) a legitimate child; 
‘‘(B) an adopted child; 
‘‘(C) a stepchild; and 
‘‘(D) a person who was placed in the home 
of the member by a placement agency (recog-
nized by the Secretary of Defense), or by any 
other source authorized by State or local law to 
provide adoption placement, in anticipation of 
the legal adoption of the person by the member. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘covered military operation’ 
means— 
‘‘(A) Operation Enduring Freedom; 
‘‘(B) Operation Iraqi Freedom; or 
‘‘(C) Operation New Dawn. 
‘‘(g) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
issue such regulations as may be necessary to carry out 
this section. The Secretary shall ensure that the regula-
tions are uniform for each armed force to the extent prac-
ticable.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
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after the item relating to section 1126 the following new 
item: 
‘‘1126a. Gold Medal of Remembrance: eligibility and presentation.’’. 
(c) RETROACTIVE APPLICATION.—Section 1126a of 
title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), 
shall apply with respect to deaths of members of the 
Armed Forces described in such section occurring any 
time after September 11, 2001. 
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