HB5904ham001 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Veterans Affairs Committee

Filed: 3/13/2008

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5904

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5904 on page 4, by replacing lines 7 through 10 with the following:

"(5) If medals awarded to U.S. military personnel are delivered to the Treasurer under this Act, the Treasurer shall not offer those medals for sale or at public auction. The only medals that may be delivered to the Treasurer under this Act and that the Treasurer may receive are those that are reported and delivered as contents of a safe deposit box. Medals shall only be returned to the owner of the safe deposit box containing the medals or the heirs of that owner. This paragraph (5) may be referred to as Operation Search and Restore.".