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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 800
January Session, 2019
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Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Introduced by:
(VA)
AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE MEDAL OF MERIT FOR CIVILIANS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2019) The Adjutant General and 1
two officers of field grade or above, appointed by the Adjutant 2
General, shall constitute a board of officers to receive 3
recommendations through military or civilian channels for the award 4
of the civilian medal of merit to any person, except civilian employees 5
of the armed forces, military personnel of the armed forces or 6
contractors of the armed forces, who has distinguished himself or 7
herself by exceptionally meritorious conduct that contributes 8
significantly to the accomplishment of the armed forces' mission, and 9
to make such awards as the board finds suitable. 10
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2019 New section
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Statement of Purpose:
To establish a medal of merit for civilians.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]