To provide for award of the Navy Combat Action Ribbon based upon participation in ground or surface combat as a member of the Navy or Marine Corps during the period between July 4, 1943, and March 1, 1961.

Directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide for the award of the Navy Combat Ribbon with respect to participation in ground or surface combat during any period after July 4, 1943, and before March 1, 1961.

[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]
[H.R. 552 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 552

   To provide for award of the Navy Combat Action Ribbon based upon 
 participation in ground or surface combat as a member of the Navy or 
Marine Corps during the period between July 4, 1943, and March 1, 1961.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 3, 1999

Mr. McNulty (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Bishop, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. 
  Ackerman, Mr. Fossella, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
 Borski, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Coyne, Mr. Saxton, Mr. Kleczka, Mr. Green of 
  Texas, Mr. Shays, Mr. Holden, Mr. King of New York, Mr. Rangel, Mr. 
 Underwood, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Towns, Mr. Shows, Mr. Clement, 
 Mr. Doyle, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Foley, Mr. Romero-Barcelo, Mrs. Johnson 
of Connecticut, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Sanford, 
 Mr. Lantos, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. Allen, Mr. Filner, 
Mrs. Jones of Ohio, and Mr. Kolbe) introduced the following bill; which 
            was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide for award of the Navy Combat Action Ribbon based upon 
 participation in ground or surface combat as a member of the Navy or 
Marine Corps during the period between July 4, 1943, and March 1, 1961.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of 
the Navy shall provide for award of the Navy Combat Action Ribbon 
(established by Secretary of the Navy Notice 1650, dated February 17, 
1969) with respect to participation in ground or surface combat during 
any period after July 4, 1943, and before March 1, 1961 (the date of 
the otherwise applicable limitation on retroactivity).
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