US Congress House Bill 6095 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 33-6)
Status: Introduced on July 10 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-07-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Military Personnel Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Morris Soskil Path to the Purple Heart Act - Requires the Secretary of the military department concerned, in the case of an individual who served as a member of the Armed Forces during World War II and whose service records are incomplete because of damage while in the possession of the Department of Defense (DOD), to provide an exception to the standards for awarding the Purple Heart and consider unofficial sources of information, including eyewitness statements, to determine whether the individual is so eligible as a member killed or wounded in action as the result of an enemy act. Directs the Secretary of Defense to make such an award based upon a positive determination by the Secretary concerned. Allows such an award to be made posthumously.

Morris Soskil Path to the Purple Heart Act

Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Jason Altmire [D-PA]	Rep. Robert Andrews [D-NJ]	Rep. John Barrow [D-GA]
Rep. Xavier Becerra [D-CA]	Rep. Dan Boren [D-OK]	Rep. Ben Chandler [D-KY]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]
Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]
Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Kathleen Hochul [D-NY]
Rep. Larry Kissell [D-NC]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]
Rep. David Rivera [R-FL]	Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL]	Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]	Rep. Steven Rothman [D-NJ]
Rep. Jean Schmidt [R-OH]	Rep. Heath Shuler [D-NC]	Rep. John Sullivan [R-OK]	Rep. Betty Sutton [D-OH]
Rep. John Tierney [D-MA]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-07-26	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
2012-07-10	House	Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/6095/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr6095/BILLS-112hr6095ih.pdf