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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 5071 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of the |
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| 6 | 6 | | Air Force to designate certain separated members of the Air Force |
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| 7 | 7 | | as honorary separated members of the Space Force. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JULY28, 2023 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. B |
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| 11 | 11 | | ACON(for himself, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. BABIN, Mr. LIEU, and Mr. LAM- |
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| 12 | 12 | | BORN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee |
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| 13 | 13 | | on Armed Services |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the |
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| 16 | 16 | | Secretary of the Air Force to designate certain separated |
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| 17 | 17 | | members of the Air Force as honorary separated mem- |
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| 18 | 18 | | bers of the Space Force. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 20 | 20 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Space Force Legacy 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Guardian Recognition Act’’. 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO DESIGNATE CERTAIN SEPARATED 1 |
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| 28 | 28 | | MEMBERS OF THE AIR FORCE AS HONORARY 2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | SEPARATED MEMBERS OF THE SPACE 3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | FORCE. 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Chapter 933 of title 10, United States Code, is 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | amended by adding at the end the following new section: 6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ‘‘§ 9254. Authority to designate certain separated 7 |
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| 34 | 34 | | members of the Air Force as honorary 8 |
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| 35 | 35 | | separated members of the Space Force 9 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ‘‘(a) A |
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| 37 | 37 | | UTHORITY.—The Secretary of the Air Force 10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | may prescribe regulations that authorize an eligible indi-11 |
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| 39 | 39 | | vidual to be designated as an honorary separated member 12 |
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| 40 | 40 | | of the Space Force. An eligible individual so designated 13 |
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| 41 | 41 | | may be referred to as a ‘Legacy Guardian’. 14 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ‘‘(b) E |
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| 43 | 43 | | LEMENTS.—Regulations prescribed under this 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | section may include the following elements: 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ‘‘(1) Eligibility criteria, including applicable 17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | dates of service and constructive service credit, for 18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | designation under this section. 19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | ‘‘(2) An application process through which an 20 |
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| 49 | 49 | | eligible individual, or a survivor of a deceased eligi-21 |
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| 50 | 50 | | ble individual, may apply for such designation of 22 |
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| 51 | 51 | | such eligible individual. 23 |
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| 52 | 52 | | ‘‘(3) A certificate, approved device, or other in-24 |
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| 53 | 53 | | signia of such designation. 25 |
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| 57 | 57 | | ‘‘(c) RULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Designation of an 1 |
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| 58 | 58 | | eligible individual under this section shall not be construed 2 |
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| 59 | 59 | | to entitle such eligible individual to any benefit in addition 3 |
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| 60 | 60 | | to those established by this section or pursuant to regula-4 |
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| 61 | 61 | | tions prescribed under this section. 5 |
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| 62 | 62 | | ‘‘(d) E |
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| 63 | 63 | | LIGIBLEINDIVIDUALDEFINED.—In this sec-6 |
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| 64 | 64 | | tion, the term ‘eligible individual’ means an individual— 7 |
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| 65 | 65 | | ‘‘(1) whom the Secretary of the Air Force de-8 |
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| 66 | 66 | | termines served in support of space operations as a 9 |
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| 67 | 67 | | member of the Air Force; and 10 |
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| 68 | 68 | | ‘‘(2) who separates (or previously separated) 11 |
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| 69 | 69 | | from the armed forces as a member of the Air 12 |
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| 70 | 70 | | Force.’’. 13 |
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