Senate Study Bill 3123 - Introduced SENATE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS BILL BY CHAIRPERSON BEALL) A BILL FOR An Act permitting the adjutant general to procure and issue 1 Cold War victory awards to eligible persons. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5403XC (3) 85 aw/sc

S.F. _____ Section 1. Section 29A.15, Code 2014, is amended to read as 1 follows: 2 29A.15 State awards and decorations. 3 1. The adjutant general, from the funds appropriated 4 for the support and maintenance of the national guard, shall 5 procure and issue to the members of the national guard merit or 6 service badges or other appropriate awards for service under 7 regulations and according to the design and pattern determined 8 by the adjutant general. Members of the national guard who, 9 by order of the president, serve in federal forces during a 10 national emergency, may count the period of that federal active 11 duty toward the procurement of a service badge. 12 2. a. The adjutant general, from the funds appropriated 13 for the support and maintenance of the national guard, shall 14 procure and issue to eligible persons Cold War victory awards 15 in ribbon form for service under regulations and according to 16 the design and pattern determined by the adjutant general. 17 b. For the purposes of this section, “eligible person” 18 means a person who served as a member of the Iowa army national 19 guard or Iowa air national guard at any time during the period 20 beginning September 2, 1945, and ending December 26, 1991. To 21 qualify as an eligible person, a former member of the Iowa 22 army national guard or Iowa air national guard shall have been 23 discharged or released under honorable conditions. 24 EXPLANATION 25 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 26 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 27 This bill requires the adjutant general to procure and issue 28 Cold War victory awards in ribbon form to eligible persons from 29 the funds appropriated for the support and maintenance of the 30 national guard. The bill provides that an “eligible person” 31 means a person who served as a member of the Iowa army national 32 guard or the Iowa air national guard at any time during the 33 period beginning September 2, 1945, and ending December 26, 34 1991. To qualify as an eligible person, a person who has been 35 -1- LSB 5403XC (3) 85 aw/sc 1/ 2

S.F. _____ discharged or released from the Iowa army national guard or the 1 Iowa air national guard shall have been discharged or released 2 under honorable conditions. 3 -2- LSB 5403XC (3) 85 aw/sc 2/ 2