Honoring Purple Heart Recipients Act
Summary
Honoring Purple Heart Recipients Act 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.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Sep 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Sep 3, 2021
Last action Sep 3, 2021
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2
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Committee
1
Sep 3, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
lower
Sep 3, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
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