In the nature of a substitute.

SA 767. Mr. PERDUE proposed an amendment to the bill S. 765, to amend
title 18, United States Code, to provide for penalties for the sale of
any Purple Heart awarded to a member of the Armed Forces; as follows:

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the
following:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Private Corrado Piccoli
Purple Heart Preservation Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds the following:
(1) The Purple Heart medal solemnly recognizes the great
and sometimes ultimate sacrifice of American servicemembers
like Private Corrado Piccoli.
(2) The Purple Heart medal holds a place of honor as the
national symbol of this sacrifice and deserves special
protections.

SEC. 3. PENALTY FOR SALE OF PURPLE HEARTS AWARDED TO MEMBERS
OF THE ARMED FORCES.

Section 704 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ``Whoever'' and
inserting ``Except as provided in subsection (e), whoever'';
and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(e) Purple Heart.--
``(1) Penalty.--Whoever willfully purchases, attempts to
purchase, solicits for purchase, mails, ships, imports,
exports, produces blank certificates of receipt for,
manufactures, sells, attempts to sell, advertises for sale,
trades, barters, or exchanges for anything of value any
Purple Heart awarded to a member of the armed forces or
former member of the armed forces by the Secretary of the
military department concerned, except when authorized under
regulations made pursuant to law, shall be fined under this
title, imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both.
``(2) Limitation on regulations.--Regulations described in
paragraph (1) may not authorize the sale of any Purple Heart
awarded to a member of the armed forces or former member of
the armed forces by the Secretary of the military department
concerned, unless the sale is conducted by the member or
former member to whom the Purple Heart was awarded.
``(3) Definition.--In this subsection, the term `willfully'
means the voluntary, intentional violation of a known legal
duty.''.
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