,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dhjg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #e1 #bjad ,mr4 
,israel 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,courtney1   
,mr4 ,gerlach1 ,mr4 ,cleaver1 ,ms4      
,shea-,porter1 ,mr4 ,rahall1 and ,mr4   
,michaud7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,armed ,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend 
title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 to    
provide for the award of a military     
service medal to members of the ,armed  
,forces who served honorably during the 
,cold ,war1 and for other purposes4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,cold ,war ,service ,medal ,act of 
#bjad4  #b4 ,cold ,war ,service ,medal  
7a7 ,medal authorized  7#a7 ,in general 
,chapter #eg of title #aj1 ,united      
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  
the end the following new section3      
#aacf4 ,cold ,war ,service ,medal  7a7  
,medal authorized ,the ,secretary       
concerned may issue a service medal1 to 
be known as the ,cold ,war ,service     

,medal1 to persons eligible to receive  
the medal under subsection 7c74  7b7    
,design ,the ,cold ,war ,service ,medal 
shall be of an appropriate design       
approved by the ,secretary of ,defense1 
with ribbons1 lapel pins1 and other     
appurtenances4  7c7 ,eligible persons ,a
 person eligible to be issued the ,cold 
,war ,service ,medal is any person--    
7#a7 who--  7,a7 served on active duty  
in the ,armed ,forces for not less than 
#bd consecutive months during the ,cold 
,war2 or  7,b7 was deployed as a member 
of the ,armed ,forces outside the       
continental ,united ,states for a period
 of at least #cj days during the ,cold  
,war2 or  7,c7 performed such other     
service in the ,armed ,forces during the
 ,cold ,war as the ,secretary of        
,defense may prescribe for purposes of  
this section2 and  7#b7 who1 if         
discharged or released from the ,armed  
,forces1 was so discharged or released  
under honorable conditions after service
 in the armed forces characterized as   

honorable4  7d7 ,one medal authorized   
,not more than one ,cold ,war ,service  
,medal may be issued to any person4  7e7
 ,issuance to representative of deceased
 ,if a person described in subsection   
7c7 dies before being issued the ,cold  
,war ,service ,medal1 the medal may be  
issued to the person's representative1  
as designated by the ,secretary         
concerned4  7f7 ,replacement ,under     
regulations prescribed by the ,secretary
 concerned1 a ,cold ,war ,service ,medal
 that is lost1 destroyed1 or rendered   
unfit for use without fault or neglect  
on the part of the person to whom it was
 issued may be replaced without charge4 
7g7 ,regulations ,the issuance of a     
,cold ,war ,service ,medal shall be     
subject to such regulations as the      
,secretaries concerned shall prescribe  
for purposes of this section4 ,the      
,secretary of ,defense shall ensure that
 any regulations prescribed under this  
subsection are uniform to the extent    
practicable4  7h7 ,cold ,war defined ,in

 this section1 the term ,cold ,war means
 the period beginning on ,september #b1 
#aide1 and ending on ,december #bf1     
#aiia4  4  7#b7 ,clerical amendment ,the
 table of sections at the beginning of  
chapter #eg of such title is amended by 
adding at the end the following new     
item3  #aacf4 ,cold ,war ,service       
,medal4  4  7b7 ,sense of ,congress ,it 
is the sense of ,congress that the      
,secretary of ,defense should take      
appropriate actions to expedite--  7#a7 
the design of the ,cold ,war ,service   
,medal provided for by section #aacf of 
title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code 7as    
added by subsection 7a772 and  7#b7 the 
establishment and implementation of     
mechanisms to facilitate the issuance of
 the ,cold ,war ,service ,medal to      
persons eligible for the issuance of the
 medal under such section4