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HR 6471 114th Congress House

Army Combat Action Badge Eligibility Act

Official title: To expand retroactive eligibility of the Army Combat Action Badge to include members of the Army who participated in combat during which they personally engage… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: 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.

Introduced: December 7, 2016 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security
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Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Dec 7, 2016
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 Latest action December 7, 2016

Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Army Combat Action Badge Eligibility Act

This bill authorizes the Department of the Army to award the Army Combat Action Badge to a person who: (1) participated as a member of the Army between December 7, 1941, and September 18, 2001, in combat during which the person was personally engaged with the enemy; and (2) has not been recognized previously for such participation.

The Army may make arrangements with suppliers of the badge so that eligible persons may procure it directly from suppliers, thereby substantially reducing or eliminating administrative costs for carrying out this bill.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6471: Army Combat Action Badge Eligibility Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6471/
MLA
"H.R. 6471: Army Combat Action Badge Eligibility Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6471/.
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H.R. 6471, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6471/.
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[H.R. 6471: Army Combat Action Badge Eligibility Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6471/)
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