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Honoring Purple Heart Recipients Act of 2022
Introduced: April 5, 2022
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Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 5, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Apr 5, 2022
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
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