I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 666 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the establishment of 
a searchable database containing the names and citations of members 
of the Armed Forces, members of the United States merchant marine, 
and civilians affiliated with the Armed Forces who have been awarded 
the medal of honor or any other medal authorized by Congress for 
the Armed Forces, the United States merchant marine, or affiliated 
civilians. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 23, 2009 
Mr. SALAZAR (for himself, Mr. PATRICK J. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
MOORE of Kansas, Mr. HALL of New York, Ms. BORDALLO, Mrs. 
MALONEY, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. MORAN of 
Virginia, Mr. MURTHA, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. 
SHEA-PORTER, Mr. BOYD, Mr. HARE, Mr. WOLF, Mr. LINDER, Ms. 
MARKEY of Colorado, Mr. SESTAK, Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. 
BOSWELL, Mr. ROSS, Mr. COSTA, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. ROGERS 
of Kentucky, Mr. PERLMUTTER, and Mr. KLINE of Minnesota) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed 
Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the estab-
lishment of a searchable database containing the names 
and citations of members of the Armed Forces, members 
of the United States merchant marine, and civilians af-
filiated with the Armed Forces who have been awarded 
the medal of honor or any other medal authorized by 
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Congress for the Armed Forces, the United States mer-
chant marine, or affiliated civilians. 
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 ‘‘Military Valor Roll 
of Honor Act’’. 
SEC. 2. MILITARY VALOR ROLL OF HONOR. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Chapter 57 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section: 
‘‘§ 1136. Military Valor Roll of Honor 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall establish and maintain a database, to be 
known as the ‘Military Valor Roll of Honor’, which shall 
contain the names and citations of all members of the 
Armed Forces, members of the United States merchant 
marine (including the Army Transport Service and the 
Naval Transport Service), and civilians affiliated with the 
Armed Forces who have been awarded the medal of honor 
or any other medal authorized by Congress for the Armed 
Forces, the United States merchant marine, or affiliated 
civilians. The Military Valor Roll of Honor shall include 
the names of those members recorded on the ‘Army, Navy, 
Air Force, and Coast Guard Medal of Honor Roll’ main-
tained pursuant to section 1560 of title 38. 
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‘‘(b) SOURCES OF INFORMATION.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall develop the Military Valor Roll of Honor 
using the records of the military departments and such 
other sources of information as the Secretary considers to 
be appropriate and accurate. The Secretary of Homeland 
Security, with respect to the Coast Guard, and the Sec-
retary of Transportation, with respect to the United 
States merchant marine, shall provide the Secretary of 
Defense with information regarding the names and cita-
tions of members of the Coast Guard and United States 
merchant marine for inclusion in the Military Valor Roll 
of Honor. 
‘‘(c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Military Valor Roll 
of Honor shall be a searchable database and available for 
public inspection.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item: 
‘‘1136. Military Valor Roll of Honor.’’. 
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