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  1. Adds SEC. 596. AWARD OF COMBAT MEDICAL BADGE (CMB) OR OTHER COMBAT BADGE FOR ARMY HELICOPTER MEDICAL EVACUATION AMBULANCE (MEDEVAC) PILOTS AND CREWS at the end of subtitle H of title V

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    In S. 1042 · Placed on Calendar Senate

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2005.

    Inserted: SEC. 596. AWARD OF COMBAT MEDICAL BADGE (CMB) OR OTHER COMBAT BADGE FOR ARMY HELICOPTER MEDICAL EVACUATION AMBULANCE (MEDEVAC) PILOTS AND CREWS.

    Inserted: (a) Requirement to Elect and Award Combat Badge.--The Secretary of the Army shall, at the election of the Secretary--

    Inserted: (1) award the Combat Medical Badge (CMB) to each member of a helicopter medical evacuation ambulance crew; or

    Inserted: (2)(A) establish a bade of appropriate design, to be known as the Combat Medevac Badge; and

    Inserted: (B) award that badge to each member of a helicopter medical evacuation ambulance crew who meets such requirements for eligibility for the award of that badge as the Secretary shall prescribe.

    Inserted: (b) Award for Service Before Date of Enactment.--In the case of persons who qualified for treatment as a member of a helicopter medical evacuation ambulance crew by reason of service during the period beginning on June 25, 1950k and ending on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall award a badge under subsection (a) to each such person with respect to who an application for the award of such badge is made to the Secretary after such date in such manner as the Secretary may require.

    Inserted: (c) Member of Helicopter Medical Evacuation Ambulance Crew Defined.--In this section, the term "member of a helicopter medical evacuation ambulance crew" means any person who while a member of the Army served in combat on or after June 25, 1950, as a pilot or crew member of a helicopter medical evacuation ambulance.

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    At the end of subtitle H of title V, add the following:

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SA 1472. Mr. SPECTER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1042, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle H of title V, add the following:

SEC. 596. AWARD OF COMBAT MEDICAL BADGE (CMB) OR OTHER COMBAT BADGE FOR ARMY HELICOPTER MEDICAL EVACUATION AMBULANCE (MEDEVAC) PILOTS AND CREWS.

(a) Requirement to Elect and Award Combat Badge.--The Secretary of the Army shall, at the election of the Secretary--

(1) award the Combat Medical Badge (CMB) to each member of a helicopter medical evacuation ambulance crew; or

(2)(A) establish a bade of appropriate design, to be known as the Combat Medevac Badge; and

(B) award that badge to each member of a helicopter medical evacuation ambulance crew who meets such requirements for eligibility for the award of that badge as the Secretary shall prescribe.

(b) Award for Service Before Date of Enactment.--In the case of persons who qualified for treatment as a member of a helicopter medical evacuation ambulance crew by reason of service during the period beginning on June 25, 1950k and ending on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall award a badge under subsection (a) to each such person with respect to who an application for the award of such badge is made to the Secretary after such date in such manner as the Secretary may require.

(c) Member of Helicopter Medical Evacuation Ambulance Crew Defined.--In this section, the term “member of a helicopter medical evacuation ambulance crew” means any person who while a member of the Army served in combat on or after June 25, 1950, as a pilot or crew member of a helicopter medical evacuation ambulance.

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