,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bced  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ac1 #bjac ,ms4
 ,esty 7for herself and ,mr4 ,heck of   
,nevada7 introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,armed ,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend  
title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 to    
require the prompt replacement of       
military decorations upon the request of
 the recipients of the decorations or   
their immediate next of kin4  #a4 ,short
 title ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,proper ,replacement ,of ,medals and    
,performance ,tracking ,act or ,,prompt 
,act4  #b4 ,replacement of military     
decorations  7a7 ,prompt replacement    
required2 annual report ,section #aace  
of title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 is 
amended--  7#a7 by redesignating        
subsection 7b7 as subsection 7d72 and   
7#b7 by inserting after subsection 7a7  
the following new subsections3  7b7     
,prompt replacement required ,when a    
request for the replacement of a        

military decoration is received under   
this section or section #cgdg1 #cgea1   
#fbec1 #hgdg1 or #hgea of this title1   
the ,secretary concerned shall ensure   
that--  7#a7 all actions to be taken    
with respect to the request1 including  
verification of the service record of   
the recipient of the military           
decoration1 are completed within one    
year2 and  7#b7 the replacement military
 decoration is mailed to the person     
requesting the replacement military     
decoration within #fj days after        
verification of the service record4  7c7
 ,annual report ,the ,secretary of      
,defense shall submit to the            
congressional defense committees an     
annual report regarding compliance by   
the military departments with the       
performance standards imposed by        
subsection 7b74 ,each report shall      
include--  7#a7 for the one-year period 
covered by the report--  7,a7 the       
average number of days it took to verify
 the service record and entitlement of  

members and former members of the armed 
forces for replacement military         
decorations2  7,b7 the average number of
 days between receipt of a request and  
the date on which the replacement       
military decoration was mailed2 and     
7,c7 the average number of days between 
verification of a service record and the
 date on which the replacement military 
decoration was mailed2 and  7#b7 an     
estimate of the funds necessary for the 
next fiscal year to meet or exceed such 
performance standards4  4  7b7 ,plan    
required ,not later than #ahj days after
 the date of the enactment of this ,act1
 the ,secretary of ,defense shall submit
 to the congressional defense committees
 7as defined in section #aja7;a77#af7 of
 title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code7 a    
plan to implement the amendments made by
 subsection 7a71 including an estimate  
of the funds necessary for fiscal year  
#bjae to meet or exceed the performance 
standards imposed by such amendments4