,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dhjg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #bc1        
#bjai,ms4 ,pingree 7for herself1 ,mr4   
,mc,kinley1 ,mr4 ,higgins of ,new ,york1
 and ,miss ,rice of ,new ,york7         
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 ,act4    
#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   
,subject to subsection 7d71 a person    
eligible to be issued the ,cold ,war    
,service ,medal is any person who--     
7#a7 served on active duty in the armed 
forces for not less than #bd consecutive
 months during the ,cold ,war2  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  7#c7 was a 
member of a reserve component of the    
armed forces and called or ordered to   
active duty to participate in exercises 
or operations directly related to the   
,cold ,war1 as determined by the        
,secretary of ,defense2 or  7#d7        
performed such other service in the     
armed forces during the ,cold ,war as   

the ,secretary of ,defense may prescribe
 for purposes of this section4  7d7     
,required characterization of service   
,in the case of a person described in   
subsection 7c7 who is already discharged
 or released from the armed forces1 the 
person is eligible for the ,cold ,war   
,service ,medal only if the discharge or
 release was under honorable conditions 
after service in the armed forces       
characterized as honorable4  7e7 ,one   
medal authorized ,not more than one     
,cold ,war ,service ,medal may be issued
 to any person4  7f7 ,issuance to       
next-of-,kin ,if a person described in  
subsection 7c7 is deceased1 the         
,secretary concerned may provide for    
issuance of the ,cold ,war ,service     
,medal to the next-of-kin of the person4
  7g7 ,replacement ,under regulations   
prescribed by the ,secretary concerned1 
a ,cold ,war ,service ,medal may be     
replaced without charge if lost1        
destroyed1 or rendered unfit for use    
without fault or neglect on the part of 

the person to whom it was issued4  7h7  
,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  7i7 ,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