Honoring our Heroes Act

Summary

Honoring our Heroes Act This bill permits, where there is no living immediate next of kin of a deceased member of the Armed Forces, a covered relative to request the one-time free replacement of certain military decorations of such deceased member. "Covered relative" means a relative of a deceased recipient of a military decoration who is: (1) not the immediate next of kin; and (2) related within the fourth degree of consanguinity to the deceased recipient, or a more distant relative if determined appropriate.

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Timeline

1. 10 January 2017

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 10 January 2017

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 10 January 2017

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 21 February 2017

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

   Source: Committee

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 10 January 2017 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 10 January 2017

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 10 January 2017

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 10 January 2017

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Sponsors

• RON KIND · D · Sponsor
• JAMES LANGEVIN · D · Sponsor
• WALTER JONES · R · Sponsor
• Bradley Byrne · R · Sponsor
• Tulsi Gabbard · D · Cosponsor
• Seth Moulton · D · Cosponsor
• Aumua Amata Radewagen · R · Cosponsor
• TIM RYAN · D · Cosponsor
• Alma Adams · D · Cosponsor
• Mike Bishop · R · Cosponsor
• Timothy Walz · D · Cosponsor
• Carol Shea-Porter · D · Cosponsor
• James Himes · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] · D · Cosponsor
• · hsas00 · Standing

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