Bill Title: A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to require that the Purple Heart occupy a position of precedence above the new Distinguished Warfare Medal.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-06 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. [SB470 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Contact	Phone	District	Sponsorship	State Profile	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography	BioGuide
Senator Jon Tester [D]	Primary	N/A	N/A	SD-MT	Sponsored Bills	N/A	OpenSecrets	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Kelly Ayotte [R]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	SD-NH	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	OpenSecrets	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Max Baucus [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	SD-MT	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	OpenSecrets	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Mark Begich [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	SD-AK	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	OpenSecrets	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator John Boozman [R]	Cosponsor	Webmail	202-224-4843	SD-AR	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	OpenSecrets	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Richard Burr [R]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	SD-NC	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	OpenSecrets	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Thomas Carper [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	N/A	SD-DE	Sponsored Bills	N/A	OpenSecrets	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Saxby Chambliss [R]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	SD-GA	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	OpenSecrets	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Tom Coburn [R]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	SD-OK	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	OpenSecrets	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Susan Collins [R]	Cosponsor	Webmail	202-224-2523	SD-ME	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	OpenSecrets	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator John Cornyn [R]	Cosponsor	Webmail	202-224-2934	SD-TX	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	OpenSecrets	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Joe Donnelly [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	SD-IN	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	OpenSecrets	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Al Franken [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	SD-MN	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	OpenSecrets	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Chuck Grassley [R]	Cosponsor	Webmail	202-224-3744	SD-IA	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	OpenSecrets	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Heidi Heitkamp [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	SD-ND	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	OpenSecrets	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Dean Heller [R]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	SD-NV	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	OpenSecrets	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator John Hoeven [R]	Cosponsor	Webmail	202-224-2551	SD-ND	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	OpenSecrets	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Mike Johanns [R]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	SD-NE	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	OpenSecrets	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Tim Johnson [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	SD-SD	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	OpenSecrets	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Amy Klobuchar [D]	Cosponsor	Webmail	202-224-3244	SD-MN	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	OpenSecrets	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Mary Landrieu [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	SD-LA	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	OpenSecrets	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Patrick Leahy [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	SD-VT	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	OpenSecrets	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Joe Manchin [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	N/A	SD-WV	Sponsored Bills	N/A	OpenSecrets	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Claire McCaskill [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	SD-MO	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	OpenSecrets	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Mitch McConnell [R]	Cosponsor	Webmail	202-224-2541	SD-KY	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	OpenSecrets	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Jerry Moran [R]	Cosponsor	Webmail	202-224-6521	SD-KS	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	OpenSecrets	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Lisa Murkowski [R]	Cosponsor	Webmail	202-224-6665	SD-AK	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	OpenSecrets	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Christopher Murphy [D]	Cosponsor	Webmail	202-224-4041	SD-CT	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	OpenSecrets	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Rand Paul [R]	Cosponsor	Webmail	202-224-4343	SD-KY	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	OpenSecrets	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Jeff Sessions [R]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	SD-AL	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	OpenSecrets	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Debbie Stabenow [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	N/A	SD-MI	Sponsored Bills	N/A	OpenSecrets	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator John Thune [R]	Cosponsor	Webmail	202-224-2321	SD-SD	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	OpenSecrets	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Pat Toomey [R]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	SD-PA	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	OpenSecrets	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide

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