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S 1603 108th Congress Senate Crime and Law Enforcement Armed Forces and National Security Commemorations Congress Congressional Medal of Honor Forgery Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Military medals, decorations, etc. Sentences (Criminal procedure)

A bill the amend title 18 of the United States Code, to prohibit the unauthorized use of military certificates, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 10, 2003 Introduced by: Graham, Lindsey Republican · South Carolina See on congress.gov
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Sep 29, 2003
Star Print ordered on the bill.
Sep 10, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Sep 10, 2003
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Federal criminal code to (1) apply the prohibition against knowingly manufacturing or selling any military decoration or medal without authorization to any certificate or similar document awarding such a decoration or medal; (2) increase the penalty for violating such prohibition to two years' imprisonment; and (3) increase the penalty with respect to a Congressional Medal of Honor to five years' imprisonment.

What's happening now September 29, 2003

Star Print ordered on the bill.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1603: A bill the amend title 18 of the United States Code, to prohibit the unauthorized use of military certificates, and for other purposes.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1603/
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"S. 1603: A bill the amend title 18 of the United States Code, to prohibit the unauthorized use of military certificates, and for other purposes.." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1603/.
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S. 1603, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1603/.
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