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Honoring Purple Heart Recipients Act

Introduced: March 2, 2022 Introduced by: Reschenthaler, Guy Republican · Pennsylvania See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
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Honoring Purple Heart Recipients Act

This bill requires the Department of Defense to include individuals who are awarded the Purple Heart after the date of the enactment of this bill on its publicly accessible website that lists individuals who are recipients of certain military awards. Under the bill, the individual or their next of kin must elect to have the individual included on the list.

What's happening now September 3, 2021

Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5172: Honoring Purple Heart Recipients Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5172/
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"H.R. 5172: Honoring Purple Heart Recipients Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5172/.
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H.R. 5172, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5172/.
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[H.R. 5172: Honoring Purple Heart Recipients Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5172/)
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