,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ahhi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #h1 #bjac ,mr4  
,latta 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,loebsack1    
,mr4 ,wittman1 and ,ms4 ,kaptur7        
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,armed   
,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title   
#aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 to recognize
 the dependent children of members of   
the ,armed ,forces who are serving on   
active duty or who have served on active
 duty through the presentation of an    
official lapel button4  #a4 ,short title
 ,this ,act may be cited as the         
,children of ,military ,service ,members
 ,commemorative ,lapel ,pin ,act4  #b4  
,department of ,defense recognition of  
dependent children of members of the    
,armed ,forces  7a7 ,establishment and  
presentation of lapel button ,chapter   
#eg of title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1
 is amended by inserting after section  
#aabf the following new section3        
#aabf;a4 ,children of military service  

members commemorative lapel button3     
eligibility and presentation  7a7       
,design and eligibility ,a lapel button1
 to be known as the children of military
 service members commemorative lapel    
button1 shall be designed1 as approved  
by the ,secretary of ,defense1 to       
identify and recognize an eligible child
 dependent of a member of the armed     
forces who serves on active duty for a  
period of more than #cj days4  7b7      
,application and presentation ,the      
,secretary of ,defense shall establish  
an application process by which a member
 referred to in subsection 7a7 can      
request a children of military service  
members commemorative lapel button for  
the member's eligible child dependents4 
,upon processing of the application and 
payment of the fee required by          
subsection 7c71 the ,secretary concerned
 shall present a children of military   
service members commemorative lapel     
button to eligible child dependents of a
 member4  7c7 ,cost ,presentation of a  

children of military service members    
commemorative lapel button is           
conditioned upon the payment of an      
amount sufficient to cover the cost of  
manufacture and distribution of the     
lapel button4  7d7 ,limitation on number
 of buttons  7#a7 ,not more than one    
children of military service members    
commemorative lapel button may be       
presented to an eligible child dependent
 of a member1 regardless of the number  
of times the member serves on active    
duty4  7#b7 ,notwithstanding paragraph  
7#a71 if a person is an eligible child  
dependent of more than one member1 the  
eligible child dependent may receive a  
children of military service members    
commemorative lapel button on behalf of 
each member of whom the person is a     
dependent4  7#c7 ,notwithstanding       
paragraph 7#a71 if a children of        
military service members commemorative  
lapel button presented under this       
section has been lost1 destroyed1 or    
rendered unfit for use without fault or 

neglect on the part of the eligible     
child dependent to whom it was          
furnished1 the ,secretary concerned may 
replace the lapel button upon           
application and payment of an amount    
sufficient to cover the cost of         
manufacture and presentation4  7e7      
,eligible child dependent defined ,the  
term eligible child dependent means a   
dependent of a member of the armed      
forces described in subparagraph 7,d7 or
 7,i7 of section #ajgb7b7 of this title4
  7f7 ,regulations ,the ,secretary of   
,defense shall issue such regulations as
 may be necessary to carry out this     
section4 ,the ,secretary shall ensure   
that the regulations are uniform for    
each armed force to the extent          
practicable4  4  7b7 ,clerical amendment
 ,the table of sections at the beginning
 of such chapter is amended by inserting
 after the item relating to section     
#aabf the following new item3  #aabf;a4 
,children of military service members   
commemorative lapel button3 eligibility 

and presentation4  4  7c7 ,sense of     
congress on expedited implementation ,it
 is the sense of ,congress that the     
,secretary of ,defense should take      
appropriate actions to expedite--  7#a7 
the design and manufacture of the       
children of military service members    
commemorative lapel button authorized by
 section #aabf;a of title #aj1 ,united  
,states ,code1 as added by subsection   
7a72 and  7#b7 the establishment and    
implementation of mechanisms to         
facilitate the issuance of the children 
of military service members             
commemorative lapel button4  7d7        
,retroactive availability of children of
 military service members commemorative 
lapel button  7#a7 ,availability ,the   
,secretary of ,defense shall make the   
children of military service members    
commemorative lapel button authorized by
 section #aabf;a of title #aj1 ,united  
,states ,code1 as added by subsection   
7a71 available to any person who can    
prove to the satisfaction of the        

,secretary that the person satisfied1 at
 any time before the date of the        
enactment of this ,act1 the definition  
contained in subsection 7e7 of such     
section #aabf;a of eligible child       
dependent of a member of the ,armed     
,forces who served on active duty for a 
period of more than #cj days4  7#b7     
,application process ,the ,secretary of 
,defense shall provide a mechanism by   
which a person eligible under paragraph 
7#a71 or a person acting on behalf of   
the person1 may apply to the ,secretary 
of ,defense for a children of military  
service members commemorative lapel     
button4  7#c7 ,notification of certain  
members ,the ,secretary of ,defense     
shall notify members of the ,armed      
,forces who served on active duty for a 
period of more than #cj days since      
,september #aa1 #bjja1 of the           
availability of the children of military
 service members commemorative lapel    
button under this subsection4 ,to the   
extent practicable1 such notice shall be

 provided not later than #fj days after 
the date of the enactment of this ,act4 
7#d7 ,deadline for application          
,applications for a children of military
 service members commemorative lapel    
button under this subsection must be    
submitted to the ,secretary of ,defense 
not later than one year after the date  
on which the ,secretary first announces1
 in the ,federal ,register and by such  
other means as the ,secretary considers 
appropriate1 the availability of the    
lapel button4  7#e7 ,costs1             
,limitations1 and exceptions            
,subsections 7c7 and 7d7 of section     
#aabf;a of title #aj1 ,united ,states   
,code1 shall apply with respect to the  
presentation of a children of military  
service members commemorative lapel     
button under this subsection4