Title: Abraham Lincoln Medal for Public Sacrifice Act of 2017
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Abraham Lincoln Medal for Public Sacrifice Act of 2017
This bill establishes the Abraham Lincoln Medal for Public Sacrifice. The medal is awarded to officers or employees of the federal government, other than members of the Armed Forces, who are wounded or killed while acting in their official capacity.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4588 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4588

 To establish the Abraham Lincoln Medal for Public Sacrifice, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 7, 2017

    Mr. Cook (for himself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. O'Halleran, and Mr. 
   Thompson of California) introduced the following bill; which was 
      referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
 To establish the Abraham Lincoln Medal for Public Sacrifice, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Abraham Lincoln Medal for Public 
Sacrifice Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT.

    (a) Medal Established.--There is established a medal referred to as 
the ``Abraham Lincoln Medal for Public Sacrifice''.
    (b) Award.--The President shall award the medal established under 
subsection (a) to each qualified individual whom the President 
determines to be wounded or killed on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act in circumstances in which the death or wound is--
            (1) the result of an attack--
                    (A) targeted on the qualified individual as a 
                result of the status of such qualified individual as an 
                officer or employee of the Federal Government; or
                    (B) that occurs while the qualified individual is 
                acting in an official capacity as an officer or 
                employee of the Federal Government; and
            (2) not the result of willful misconduct or negligence of 
        such qualified individual.
    (c) Special Authority for Retroactive Award.--The President may 
award the medal established under subsection (a) to qualified 
individuals wounded or killed prior to the date of the enactment of 
this Act in circumstances listed in subsection (b).
    (d) Design and Striking.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
design and strike the medal established under subsection (a) with 
suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions, and ensure that the medal 
does not closely resemble the Purple Heart.
    (e) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) Qualified individual.--The term ``qualified 
        individual'' means an officer or employee of the Federal 
        Government other than a member of the armed forces.
            (2) Armed forces.--The term ``armed forces'' has the 
        meaning given the term in section 2101 of title 5, United 
        States Code.
            (3) Employee.--The term ``employee'' has the meaning given 
        the term in section 2105 of title 5, United States Code.
            (4) Officer.--The term ``officer'' has the meaning given 
        the term in section 2104 of title 5, United States Code.
            (5) Wound.--The term ``wound'' means an injury to any part 
        of the body directly from an outside force or agent that 
        requires medical treatment.
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