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Honoring Purple Heart Recipients Act of 2022

Introduced: April 5, 2022 See on congress.gov
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Apr 5, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Apr 5, 2022
Introduced in Senate
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Honoring Purple Heart Recipients Act of 2022

This bill requires the Department of Defense to include individuals who are awarded the Purple Heart for qualifying actions that occur 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 and the public release of the individual's name must be determined to not pose a security risk.

What's happening now April 5, 2022

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 4350 Related bill National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022
  • HR 5172 Related bill Honoring Purple Heart Recipients Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 1 Republican 3 Independent 1
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Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Apr 5, 2022
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Daines, Steve
Montana · Apr 5, 2022
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King, Angus S., Jr.
Maine · Apr 5, 2022
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Rosen, Jacky
Nevada · Apr 5, 2022
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Scott, Rick
Florida · Apr 5, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4006: Honoring Purple Heart Recipients Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4006/
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"S. 4006: Honoring Purple Heart Recipients Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4006/.
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S. 4006, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4006/.
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