US Congress House Bill 406 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-4)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-21 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Military Personnel Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Honoring our Heroes Act This bill permits, where there is no living immediate next of kin of a deceased member of the Armed Forces, a covered relative to request the one-time free replacement of certain military decorations of such deceased member. "Covered relative" means a relative of a deceased recipient of a military decoration who is: (1) not the immediate next of kin; and (2) related within the fourth degree of consanguinity to the deceased recipient, or a more distant relative if determined appropriate.

Honoring our Heroes Act

Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Bradley Byrne [R-AL]
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Amata Radewagen [R-AS]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]
Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]	Rep. Mike Bishop [R-MI]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]
Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-21	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
2017-01-10	House	Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
2017-01-10	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/406/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr406/BILLS-115hr406ih.pdf