,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dbed  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #cj1 #bjbe,mr4 
,tony ,gonzales of ,texas 7for himself1 
,mr4 ,alford1 ,mr4 ,fallon1 ,mr4        
,pfluger1 ,mr4 ,ciscomani1 ,mrs4 ,luna1 
,mr4 ,nunn of ,iowa1 ,mr4 ,graves1 ,mr4 
,lawler1 ,ms4 ,tenney1 ,mr4 ,bresnahan1 
,mr4 ,simpson1 and ,mr4 ,lucas7         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,armed   
,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to establish a   
military service medal to be issued to  
members of the ,armed ,forces who served
 in support of operations related to the
 ,iran-,israel ,war1 including          
,operation ,midnight ,hammer4  #a4      
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,iranian ,campaign ,medal ,act4  #b4
 ,establishment of ,operation ,midnight 
,hammer ,medal  7a7 ,medal authorized   
,the ,secretary concerned may issue a   
service medal to be known as the        
,iranian ,campaign ,medal to a person   
eligible under subsection 7c74  7b7     

,design ,the medal shall be of an       
appropriate design approved by the      
,secretary of ,defense and shall include
 ribbons1 lapel pins1 and other         
appurtenances4  7c7 ,eligibility        
,subject to subsection 7e71 a person    
shall be eligible for the medal if the  
person--  7#a7 served on active duty in 
the ,armed ,forces in support of a      
designated operation during the         
,iran-,israel ,war 7including ,operation
 ,midnight ,hammer1 conducted on ,june  
#bb1 #bjbe72  7#b7 was deployed in an   
area of operations designated by the    
,secretary concerned as eligible for    
award of the medal2 or  7#c7 performed  
such other service as the ,secretary    
concerned may prescribe for purposes of 
this section4  7d7 ,one medal authorized
 ,not more than one medal may be awarded
 to any person4  7e7  ,issuance to      
next-of-,kin  ,if a person described in 
subsection 7c7 is deceased1 the         
,secretary may provide for the issuance 
of the medal to the next-of-kin of that 

person4  7f7 ,regulations ,the issuance 
of a medal under this section 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