Honoring Purple Heart Recipients Act

Bill: 117-hr-5172
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Reschenthaler, Guy [R-PA-14]
Introduced: 2021-09-03
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars

Government information and archives

Military operations and strategy

Military personnel and dependents
Latest action: action_date: 2021-09-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-09-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Honoring Purple Heart Recipients Act</strong></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Defense to include individuals who are awarded the Purple Heart after the date of the enactment of this bill on its publicly accessible website that lists individuals who are recipients of certain military awards. Under the bill, the individual or their next of kin must elect to have the individual included on the list.<br> </p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5172 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 3, 2021 Mr. Reschenthaler introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To direct the Secretary of Defense to list certain individuals who are awarded the Purple Heart on the internet website of the Department of Defense that lists individuals who have been awarded certain military awards.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Honoring Purple Heart Recipients Act . 2. Inclusion of Purple Heart awards on military valor website The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the publicly accessible internet website of the Department of Defense that lists individuals who have been awarded certain military awards includes a list of each individual who meets the following criteria: (1) After the date of the enactment of this Act, the individual is awarded the Purple Heart. (2) The individual elects to be included on such list (or, if the individual is deceased, the primary next of kin elects the individual to be included on such list).