To expand retroactive eligibility of the Army Combat Action Badge to include members of the Army who participated in combat during which they personally engaged, or were personally engaged by, the enemy at any time on or after December 7, 1941.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to award the Army Combat Action Badge to any member of the Army who participated in combat during which the person actually engaged, or was personally engaged by, the enemy at any time between December 7, 1941, and September 18, 2001, as long as such person has not been previously recognized for such participation.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
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[H.R. 82 Introduced in House (IH)]







111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 82

 To expand retroactive eligibility of the Army Combat Action Badge to 
  include members of the Army who participated in combat during which 
 they personally engaged, or were personally engaged by, the enemy at 
                 any time on or after December 7, 1941.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 6, 2009

 Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida introduced the following bill; which 
            was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To expand retroactive eligibility of the Army Combat Action Badge to 
  include members of the Army who participated in combat during which 
 they personally engaged, or were personally engaged by, the enemy at 
                 any time on or after December 7, 1941.

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

SECTION 1. RETROACTIVE AWARD OF ARMY COMBAT ACTION BADGE.

    (a) Authority To Award.--The Secretary of the Army may award the 
Army Combat Action Badge (established by order of the Secretary of the 
Army through Headquarters, Department of the Army Letter 600-05-1, 
dated June 3, 2005) to a person who, while a member of the Army, 
participated in combat during which the person personally engaged, or 
was personally engaged by, the enemy at any time during the period 
beginning on December 7, 1941, and ending on September 18, 2001 (the 
date of the otherwise applicable limitation on retroactivity for the 
award of such decoration), if the Secretary determines that the person 
has not been previously recognized in an appropriate manner for such 
participation.
    (b) Procurement of Badge.--The Secretary of the Army may make 
arrangements with suppliers of the Army Combat Action Badge so that 
eligible recipients of the Army Combat Action Badge pursuant to 
subsection (a) may procure the badge directly from suppliers, thereby 
eliminating or at least substantially reducing administrative costs for 
the Army to carry out this section.
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