,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dehh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #g1        
#bjag,mr4 ,cook 7for himself1 ,mr4      
,fitzpatrick1 ,mr4 ,o',halleran1 and    
,mr4 ,thompson of ,california7          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,oversight and ,government ,reform  ,a  
,,bill  ,to establish the ,abraham      
,lincoln ,medal for ,public ,sacrifice1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
,title ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,abraham ,lincoln ,medal for ,public    
,sacrifice ,act of #bjag4  #b4          
,establishment  7a7 ,medal established  
,there is established a medal referred  
to as the ,abraham ,lincoln ,medal for  
,public ,sacrifice4  7b7 ,award ,the    
,president shall award the medal        
established under subsection 7a7 to each
 qualified individual whom the          
,president determines to be wounded or  
killed on or after the date of the      
enactment of this ,act in circumstances 

in which the death or wound is--  7#a7  
the result of an attack-- 7,a7 targeted 
on the qualified individual as a result 
of the status of such qualified         
individual as an officer or employee of 
the ,federal ,government2 or  7,b7 that 
occurs while the qualified individual is
 acting in an official capacity as an   
officer or employee of the ,federal     
,government2 and  7#b7 not the result of
 willful misconduct or negligence of    
such qualified individual4  7c7 ,special
 authority for retroactive award ,the   
,president may award the medal          
established under subsection 7a7 to     
qualified individuals wounded or killed 
prior to the date of the enactment of   
this ,act in circumstances listed in    
subsection 7b74  7d7 ,design and        
striking ,the ,secretary of the         
,treasury shall design and strike the   
medal established under subsection 7a7  
with suitable emblems1 devices1 and     
inscriptions1 and ensure that the medal 
does not closely resemble the ,purple   

,heart4  7e7 ,definitions ,in this ,act3
 7#a7 ,qualified individual ,the term   
qualified individual means an officer or
 employee of the ,federal ,government   
other than a member of the armed forces4
  7#b7 ,armed forces ,the term armed    
forces has the meaning given the term in
 section #baja of title #e1 ,united     
,states ,code4  7#c7 ,employee ,the term
 employee has the meaning given the term
 in section #baje of title #e1 ,united  
,states ,code4  7#d7 ,officer ,the term 
officer has the meaning given the term  
in section #bajd of title #e1 ,united   
,states ,code4  7#e7 ,wound ,the term   
wound means an injury to any part of the
 body directly from an outside force or 
agent that requires medical treatment4