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