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One Hundred Thirteenth Congress of the United States of America
At the First Session
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, the third day of January, two thousand and thirteen
H. R. 258
AN ACT
To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to fraudulent representations about having received military decorations or medals.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Stolen Valor Act of 2013
.
Fraudulent representations about receipt of military decorations or medals
In general
Section 704 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
in subsection (a), by striking wears,
; and
so that subsection (b) reads as follows:
Fraudulent representations about receipt of military decorations or medals
Whoever, with intent to obtain money, property, or other tangible benefit, fraudulently holds oneself out to be a recipient of a decoration or medal described in subsection (c)(2) or (d) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
.
Addition of certain other medals
Section 704(d) of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
by striking If a decoration
and inserting the following:
In general
If a decoration
;
by inserting a combat badge,
after 1129 of title 10,
; and
by adding at the end the following:
Combat badge defined
In this subsection, the term combat badge
means a Combat Infantryman’s Badge, Combat Action Badge, Combat Medical Badge, Combat Action Ribbon, or Combat Action Medal.
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Conforming amendment
Section 704 of title 18, United States Code, is amended in each of subsections (c)(1) and (d) by striking or (b)
.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.
