A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to require that the Purple Heart occupy a position of precedence above the new Distinguished Warfare Medal.

Bill: 113-s-470
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2013-03-06
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Conflicts and wars

Department of Defense

Military personnel and dependents
Latest action: action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-03-06
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Requires the Purple Heart to be placed in precedence above the Distinguished Warfare Medal.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 470 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 6, 2013 Mr. Tester (for himself, Mr. Heller , Mr. Boozman , Mr. Manchin , and Mr. Baucus ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to require that the Purple Heart occupy a position of precedence above the new Distinguished Warfare Medal.

1. Precedence of award of Purple Heart compared to award of Distinguished Warfare Medal Section 1127 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking displayed, not lower than that immediately following the bronze star. and inserting the following: displayed— (1) not lower than the position immediately following the position of the bronze star; and (2) above the position of the Distinguished Warfare Medal. .