Military Valor Roll of Honor Act

Military Valor Roll of Honor Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish the Military Valor Roll of Honor registry which shall: (1) contain the names and citations of all members of the Armed Forces, members of the U.S. merchant marine (including the Army Transport Service and the Naval Transport Service), and civilians affiliated with the Armed Forces who have been awarded the medal of honor or any other medal authorized by Congress for the Armed Forces, the U.S. merchant marine, or affiliated civilians; and (2) be a publicly available database.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]
[H.R. 666 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 666

To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the establishment of 
a searchable database containing the names and citations of members of 
  the Armed Forces, members of the United States merchant marine, and 
 civilians affiliated with the Armed Forces who have been awarded the 
medal of honor or any other medal authorized by Congress for the Armed 
  Forces, the United States merchant marine, or affiliated civilians.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 23, 2009

 Mr. Salazar (for himself, Mr. Patrick J. Murphy of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
Moore of Kansas, Mr. Hall of New York, Ms. Bordallo, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. 
   Rodriguez, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. 
Murtha, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Ms. Shea-Porter, Mr. Boyd, 
Mr. Hare, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Linder, Ms. Markey of Colorado, Mr. Sestak, Mr. 
Cardoza, Mr. McNerney, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Ross, Mr. Costa, Mr. Burton of 
   Indiana, Mr. Rogers of Kentucky, Mr. Perlmutter, and Mr. Kline of 
  Minnesota) 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 require the establishment of 
a searchable database containing the names and citations of members of 
  the Armed Forces, members of the United States merchant marine, and 
 civilians affiliated with the Armed Forces who have been awarded the 
medal of honor or any other medal authorized by Congress for the Armed 
  Forces, the United States merchant marine, or affiliated civilians.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Military Valor Roll of Honor Act''.

SEC. 2. MILITARY VALOR ROLL OF HONOR.

    (a) Establishment.--Chapter 57 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 1136. Military Valor Roll of Honor
    ``(a) Establishment Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
establish and maintain a database, to be known as the `Military Valor 
Roll of Honor', which shall contain the names and citations of all 
members of the Armed Forces, members of the United States merchant 
marine (including the Army Transport Service and the Naval Transport 
Service), and civilians affiliated with the Armed Forces who have been 
awarded the medal of honor or any other medal authorized by Congress 
for the Armed Forces, the United States merchant marine, or affiliated 
civilians. The Military Valor Roll of Honor shall include the names of 
those members recorded on the `Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard 
Medal of Honor Roll' maintained pursuant to section 1560 of title 38.
    ``(b) Sources of Information.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
develop the Military Valor Roll of Honor using the records of the 
military departments and such other sources of information as the 
Secretary considers to be appropriate and accurate. The Secretary of 
Homeland Security, with respect to the Coast Guard, and the Secretary 
of Transportation, with respect to the United States merchant marine, 
shall provide the Secretary of Defense with information regarding the 
names and citations of members of the Coast Guard and United States 
merchant marine for inclusion in the Military Valor Roll of Honor.
    ``(c) Public Availability.--The Military Valor Roll of Honor shall 
be a searchable database and available for public inspection.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``1136. Military Valor Roll of Honor.''.
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