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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 327 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 18, United States Code, to increase the penalty for fraudulent |
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| 6 | 6 | | misrepresentation about the receipt of a military decoration or medal, |
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| 7 | 7 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JANUARY9, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Ms. V |
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| 11 | 11 | | ANDUYNE(for herself, Mr. DUNNof Florida, Mr. MCCORMICK, Mr. |
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| 12 | 12 | | V |
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| 13 | 13 | | ALADAO, and Mrs. LUNA) introduced the following bill; which was re- |
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| 14 | 14 | | ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL |
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| 16 | 16 | | To amend title 18, United States Code, to increase the |
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| 17 | 17 | | penalty for fraudulent misrepresentation about the re- |
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| 18 | 18 | | ceipt of a military decoration or medal, and for other |
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| 19 | 19 | | purposes. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Valor Earned Not Sto-4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | len Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | SEC. 2. FRAUDULENT MISREPRESENTATION ABOUT RE-1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | CEIPT OF A MILITARY MEDAL OR DECORA-2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | TION. 3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (a) I |
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| 32 | 32 | | NCREASEDPENALTY.— 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (1) M |
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| 34 | 34 | | ILITARY DECORATIONS OR MEDALS .—Sec-5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | tion 704(b) of title 18, United States Code, is 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | amended by striking ‘‘one year’’ and inserting ‘‘three 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | years’’. 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (2) C |
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| 39 | 39 | | ONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR .—Sec-9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | tion 704(c)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | amended by striking ‘‘1 year’’ and inserting ‘‘three 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | years’’. 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (3) C |
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| 44 | 44 | | OMBAT BADGE.—Section 704(d)(1) of title 13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | 18, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘1 14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | year’’ and inserting ‘‘three years’’. 15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (b) S |
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| 48 | 48 | | TUDY.—Not later than 90 days after the date 16 |
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| 49 | 49 | | of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, in co-17 |
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| 50 | 50 | | ordination with the Inspector General of the Department 18 |
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| 51 | 51 | | of Veterans Affairs and such other agency head as may 19 |
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| 52 | 52 | | be relevant, shall conduct a study to identify any monetary 20 |
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| 53 | 53 | | or government benefits obtained through a fraudulent mis-21 |
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| 54 | 54 | | representation about the receipt of a military decoration 22 |
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| 55 | 55 | | or medal as described by section 704(c)(2) or 704(d) of 23 |
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| 56 | 56 | | title 18, United States Code. 24 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (c) R |
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| 58 | 58 | | EPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 25 |
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| 59 | 59 | | of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall 26 |
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| 62 | 62 | | •HR 327 IH |
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| 63 | 63 | | report to Congress on the findings of the study conducted 1 |
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| 64 | 64 | | under subsection (b) and policy recommendations to re-2 |
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| 65 | 65 | | solve issues identified in the study. 3 |
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