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10 U.S.C. § 1131 — Purple Heart: limitation to members of the armed forces
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The decoration known as the Purple Heart (authorized to be awarded pursuant to Executive Order 11016) may only be awarded to a person who is a member of the armed forces at the time the person is killed or wounded under circumstances otherwise qualifying that person for award of the Purple Heart.
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The decoration known as the Purple Heart (authorized to be awarded pursuant to Executive Order 11016) may only be awarded to a person who is a member of the armed forces at the time the person is killed or wounded under circumstances otherwise qualifying that person for award of the Purple Heart.
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**(a)** For purposes of the award of the Purple Heart, the Secretary concerned shall treat a member of the armed forces described in subsection (b) in the same manner as a member who is killed or wounded in action as the result of an act of an enemy of the United States.
**(b)** A member described in this subsection is a member who is killed or wounded in action by weapon fire while directly engaged in armed conflict, other than as the result of an act of an enemy of the United States, unless (in the case of a wound) the wound is the result of willful misconduct of the member.
**(c)** This section applies to members of the armed forces who are killed or wounded on or after December 7, 1941. In the case of a member killed or wounded as described in subsection (b) on or after December 7, 1941, and before November 30, 1993, the Secretary concerned shall award the Purple Heart under subsection (a) in each case which is known to the Secretary before such date or for which an application is made to the Secretary in such manner as the Secretary requires.
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 1131
are received by the Secretary during the one-year pe-
riod beginning on the date of enactment of this Act
[Feb. 10, 1996].
‘‘(2) The Secretaries shall begin the review within 30
days after the date of the enactment of this Act and
shall complete the review of each request for consider-
ation not later than one year after the date on which
the request is received.
‘‘(3) The Secretary may use the same process for car-
rying out the review as the Secretary uses for review-
ing other recommendations for award of decorations to
members of the Armed Forces under the Secretary’s ju-
risdiction for valorous acts.
‘‘(d) REPORT.—(1) Upon completing the review of each
such request under subsection (c), the Secretary shall
submit a report on the review to the Committee on
Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on
National Security of the House of Representatives [now
Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives].
‘‘(2) The report shall include, with respect to each re-
quest for consideration received, the following informa-
tion:
‘‘(A) A summary of the request for consideration.
‘‘(B) The findings resulting from the review.
‘‘(C) The final action taken on the request for con-
sideration.
‘‘(e) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section:
‘‘(1) The term ‘Vietnam era’ has the meaning given
that term in section 101 of title 38, United States
Code.
‘‘(2) The term ‘active duty’ has the meaning given
that term in section 101 of title 10, United States
Code.’’
MILITARY INTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL PREVENTED BY SE-
CRECY
FROM
BEING
CONSIDERED
FOR
DECORATIONS
AND AWARDS
Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title V, § 523, Feb. 10, 1996, 110
Stat. 311, as amended by Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title V,
§ 575, Nov. 18, 1997,
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