To amend title 10, United States Code, to remove the authority of the Secretaries of the military departments to revoke combat valor awards.

Bill: 114-hr-2011
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-50]
Introduced: 2015-04-23
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military operations and strategy

Military personnel and dependents
Latest action: action_date: 2015-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-04-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Prohibits the Secretary of a military department from revoking any combat valor award.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2011 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 23, 2015 Mr. Hunter (for himself, Mr. Frelinghuysen , Ms. Granger , Mr. Kinzinger of Illinois , Mr. Zinke , Mr. Wilson of South Carolina , Mr. Rigell , and Mr. Nugent ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to remove the authority of the Secretaries of the military departments to revoke combat valor awards.

1. Prohibition on service secretary revocation of combat valor awards (a) Prohibition Chapter 57 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1133 the following new section: 1133a. Prohibition on revocation of combat valor awards The Secretary of a military department does not have the authority to revoke any combat valor award. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 57 of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1133 the following new item: 1133a. Prohibition on revocation of combat valor awards. .