To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the establishment of a combat artillery badge to recognize combat service by members of Army in the artillery branch.

Directs the Secretary of the Army to issue a combat artillery badge to each person who, while a member of the Army artillery branch, participated in combat after April 5, 1917. Requires the criteria used for the issuance of such badge to be similar to that used for the issuance of the combat infantry badge.

[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3950 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3950

To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the establishment 
 of a combat artillery badge to recognize combat service by members of 
                   the Army in the artillery branch.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 11, 2004

Mr. Green of Wisconsin (for himself, Mr. Ballenger, Mr. Bradley of New 
Hampshire, Mr. Evans, Mr. Lipinski, and Mr. Rohrabacher) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the establishment 
 of a combat artillery badge to recognize combat service by members of 
                   the Army in the artillery branch.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The field artillery is one of the oldest and most 
        celebrated of the Army's combat arms.
            (2) The field artillery was critical to American success in 
        the ``War to end all Wars,'' World War I.
            (3) The field artillery also proved to be a decisive factor 
        during World War II, helping the United States achieve 
        victories in Europe, Africa, and the Pacific. General George S. 
        Patton Jr. remarked, ``I do not need to tell you who won the 
        war. You know the artillery did.''
            (4) The field artillery continued to play a role in 
        military actions in Korea, Vietnam, and the Persian Gulf and it 
        remains critical to today's military efforts.
            (5) Despite the past heroic efforts of the members of the 
        Army who served in the field artillery, there is no badge 
        specifically recognizing the contribution of field 
        artillerymen.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMBAT ARTILLERY BADGE.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 357 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 3757. Combat artillery badge
    ``(a) The Secretary of the Army shall issue a combat artillery 
badge to each person who, while a member of the Army in the artillery 
branch, participated in combat after April 5, 1917. Criteria for the 
issuance of the medal shall be established by the Secretary and shall 
be as similar as practicable for the issuance of the combat infantry 
badge to persons in the infantry branch.
    ``(b) In the case of persons who, while a member of the Army in the 
artillery branch, participated in combat after April 5, 1917, and 
before the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall 
issue the badge described in subsection (a)--
            ``(1) to each such person who is known to the Secretary 
        before such date of enactment; and
            ``(2) to each such person with respect to whom an 
        application for the issuance of such badge is made to the 
        Secretary after such date in such manner, and within such time 
        period, as the Secretary may require.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``3757. Combat artillery badge.''.
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