SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE TIME LIMITATIONS FOR CONSIDERATION OF MILITARY DECORATIONS AND AWARDS.

SEC. 1083. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE TIME LIMITATIONS FOR CONSIDERATION OF MILITARY DECORATIONS AND AWARDS. (a) Findings.—Congress finds the following: (1) Former members of the Armed Forces, military units, and veteran organizations throughout the United States will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of World War II at reunions and other events through 1995. (2) A number of individuals who served in the Armed Forces during World War II, and groups of former members of the Armed Forces who served together in units during World War II have expressed interest in individual and unit decorations and awards involving their World War II service that were never presented. (3) In some cases, the Secretaries of the military departments have declined to consider individual and unit decorations and awards involving World War II service that were established by administrative action solely because of time limitations established administratively on the submission of recommendations for the decorations and awards. (b) Sense of Congress.—It is the sense of Congress that the Secretaries of the military departments should consider a recommendation for a decoration or award for World War II service without regard to time limitations on the consideration of the recommendation if the recommendation— (1) is submitted before December 31, 1995; (2) involves a decoration or award that is not established by Act of Congress; and (3) presents new information or evidence that the original recommendation was not submitted or was mishandled due to administrative error.