Valor Has No Expiration Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3914 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3914 To amend title 10, United States Code, to direct the Secretaries of the military departments to review certain requests to award decorations that were not timely awarded because relevant records were classified or otherwise restricted, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 11, 2025 Mr. Issa introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to direct the Secretaries of the military departments to review certain requests to award decorations that were not timely awarded because relevant records were classified or otherwise restricted, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Valor Has No Expiration Act''. SEC. 2. REVIEW OF REQUESTS FOR DECORATIONS NOT TIMELY AWARDED TO MEMBERS OF CERTAIN ARMED FORCES SERVING ON ACTIVE DUTY BECAUSE RELEVANT RECORDS WERE CLASSIFIED OR OTHERWISE RESTRICTED. Chapter 57 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1130 the following new section: ``Sec. 1130a. Consideration of proposals for certain decorations not previously submitted in timely fashion because relevant records were classified or otherwise restricted ``(a) Waiver of Time Limitations.--Notwithstanding section 1130 of this title, a decoration (including any device in lieu of a decoration), authorized by law or under the regulations of the Department of Defense or the military department concerned, may be awarded, without regard to any time limitation imposed by law or regulation for a recommendation f