Gold Medal of Remembrance for the Sons and Daughters of Our Fallen Act

Gold Medal of Remembrance for the Sons and Daughters of Our Fallen Act - Directs that a medal, to be known as the Gold Medal of Remembrance, be presented to the child of a member of the Armed Forces who dies: (1) while serving on active duty in support of Operations Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom, or New Dawn; or (2) as a result of wounds, injuries, or illness incurred during such service. Expresses the sense of Congress that such Medal should be presented by military commanders in ceremonies recognizing the support and sacrifice of children of members of the Armed Forces.

Makes the Medal presentation requirement applicable retroactively with respect to covered deaths of members occurring after September 11, 2001.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1926 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1926

To provide for the design, production, and presentation of a Gold Medal 
 of Remembrance to the children of members of the Armed Forces who die 
while serving on active duty in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, 
Operation Iraqi Freedom, or Operation New Dawn, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 13, 2011

Mr. Rohrabacher (for himself, Mr. Owens, and Mr. Gibson) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 
and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to 
      be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the design, production, and presentation of a Gold Medal 
 of Remembrance to the children of members of the Armed Forces who die 
while serving on active duty in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, 
Operation Iraqi Freedom, or Operation New Dawn, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Gold Medal of Remembrance for the 
Sons and Daughters of Our Fallen Act''.

SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE RECOGNITION OF CHILDREN OF MEMBERS OF THE 
              ARMED FORCES WHO DIE WHILE SERVING ON ACTIVE DUTY IN 
              CERTAIN MILITARY OPERATIONS.

    (a) Establishment and Presentation of Medal.--Chapter 57 of title 
10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1126 the 
following new section:
``Sec. 1126a. Gold Medal of Remembrance: eligibility and presentation
    ``(a) Eligibility and Presentation.--A medal, to be known as the 
`Gold Medal of Remembrance', shall be presented to a child of a member 
of the armed forces, regardless of the age of the child, to identify 
and recognize the child when the member--
            ``(1) dies while serving on active duty in support of a 
        covered military operation; or
            ``(2) dies as a result of wounds, injuries, or illness 
        incurred while serving on active duty in support of a covered 
        military operation.
    ``(b) Design and Manufacture.--The Gold Medal of Remembrance shall 
be composed of gold-plate over bronze and shall be of such design and 
specifications as the Secretary concerned may determine. The Gold Medal 
of Remembrance is a national medal for purposes of section 5111 of 
title 31.
    ``(c) Funds for Procurement and Presentation.--The Secretary 
concerned may authorize the use of appropriated funds to procure Gold 
Medals of Remembrance and to provide for their presentation to children 
of members of the armed forces described in subsection (a).
    ``(d) Relation to Other Presentations.--The child of a member of 
the armed forces described in subsection (a) may receive a Gold Medal 
of Remembrance in addition to a Gold star lapel button under section 
1126 of this title and a medal presented by the White House Commission 
on Remembrance.
    ``(e) Presentation Ceremonies.--It is the sense of Congress that, 
to the extent practicable, Gold Medals of Remembrance, should be 
presented to children of members of the armed forces described in 
subsection (a) by military commanders in ceremonies recognizing the 
support and sacrifice of children of members of the armed forces.
    ``(f) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) The term `child', with respect to a member of the 
        armed forces described in subsection (a), means--
                    ``(A) a legitimate child;
                    ``(B) an adopted child;
                    ``(C) a stepchild; and
                    ``(D) a person who was placed in the home of the 
                member by a placement agency (recognized by the 
                Secretary of Defense), or by any other source 
                authorized by State or local law to provide adoption 
                placement, in anticipation of the legal adoption of the 
                person by the member.
            ``(2) The term `covered military operation' means--
                    ``(A) Operation Enduring Freedom;
                    ``(B) Operation Iraqi Freedom; or
                    ``(C) Operation New Dawn.
    ``(g) Regulations.--The Secretary of Defense shall issue such 
regulations as may be necessary to carry out this section. The 
Secretary shall ensure that the regulations are uniform for each armed 
force to the extent practicable.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
1126 the following new item:

``1126a. Gold Medal of Remembrance: eligibility and presentation.''.
    (c) Retroactive Application.--Section 1126a of title 10, United 
States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply with respect to 
deaths of members of the Armed Forces described in such section 
occurring any time after September 11, 2001.
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