,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #djf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #aj1        
#bjag,mr4 ,kind 7for himself1 ,mr4      
,langevin1 ,mr4 ,jones1 and ,mr4 ,byrne7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was referred to the ,committee on ,armed
 ,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title  
#aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 to          
facilitate the replacement of military  
decorations for relatives of deceased   
members of the ,armed ,forces4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,honoring our ,heroes ,act4  #b4    
,replacement of military decorations    
,section #aace of title #aj1 ,united    
,states ,code1 is amended--  7#a7 in    
subsection 7a71 by striking or the      
immediate next of kin and all that      
follows through the period at the end   
and inserting the following3 1 the      
immediate next of kin of a deceased     
recipient1 or1 if there is no living    
immediate next of kin1 a covered        
relative42 and  7#b7 by amending        

subsection 7c7 to read as follows3  7c7 
,definitions ,in this section3  7#a7    
,the term covered relative means a      
relative of a deceased recipient of a   
military decoration who is-- 7,a7 not   
the immediate next of kin2 and  7,b7    
related within the fourth degree of     
consanguinity to the deceased recipient1
 or a more distant relative if          
determined appropriate by the ,secretary
 concerned4  7#b7 ,the term decoration  
means any decoration or award 7other    
than the medal of honor7 that may be    
presented or awarded by the ,president  
or the ,secretary concerned to a member 
of the armed forces4  4