H.R. 406 · 115th Congress
Honoring our Heroes Act
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Ron Kind
- Introduced
- 2017-01-10
- Latest action
- 2017-02-21 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Summary
Honoring our Heroes Act
This bill permits, where there is no living immediate next of kin of a deceased member of the Armed Forces, a covered relative to request the one-time free replacement of certain military decorations of such deceased member.
"Covered relative" means a relative of a deceased recipient of a military decoration who is: (1) not the immediate next of kin; and (2) related within the fourth degree of consanguinity to the deceased recipient, or a more distant relative if determined appropriate.