SSB 3123 (LSB 5403XC (3) 85)

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 Cold War victory awards to eligible persons.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 29A.15, Code 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   29A.15  State awards and decorations.
   1.  The adjutant general, from the funds appropriated for the support and maintenance of the national guard, shall procure and issue to the members of the national guard merit or service badges or other appropriate awards for service under regulations and according to the design and pattern determined by the adjutant general. Members of the national guard who, by order of the president, serve in federal forces during a national emergency, may count the period of that federal active duty toward the procurement of a service badge.
   2.  a.  The adjutant general, from the funds appropriated for the support and maintenance of the national guard, shall procure and issue to eligible persons Cold War victory awards in ribbon form for service under regulations and according to the design and pattern determined by the adjutant general.
   b.  For the purposes of this section, “eligible person” means a person who served as a member of the Iowa army national guard or Iowa air national guard at any time during the period beginning September 2, 1945, and ending December 26, 1991. To qualify as an eligible person, a former member of the Iowa army national guard or Iowa air national guard shall have been discharged or released under honorable conditions.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill requires the adjutant general to procure and issue Cold War victory awards in ribbon form to eligible persons from the funds appropriated for the support and maintenance of the national guard. The bill provides that an “eligible person” means a person who served as a member of the Iowa army national guard or the Iowa air national guard at any time during the period beginning September 2, 1945, and ending December 26, 1991. To qualify as an eligible person, a person who has been discharged or released from the Iowa army national guard or the Iowa air national guard shall have been discharged or released under honorable conditions.