(a) In General.—For purposes of the award of the Purple Heart, the Secretary concerned shall treat a member of the armed forces described in subsection (b) in the same manner as a member who is killed or wounded as a result of an international terrorist attack against the United States.
(b) Covered Members.—(1) A member described in this subsection is a member on active duty who was killed or wounded in an attack by a foreign terrorist organization in circumstances where the death or wound is the result of an attack targeted on the member due to such member’s status as a member of the armed forces, unless the death or wound is the result of willful misconduct of the member.
(2) For purposes of this section, an attack by an individual or entity shall be considered to be an attack by a foreign terrorist organization if—(A) the individual or entity was in communication with the foreign terrorist organization before the attack; and
(B) the attack was inspired or motivated by the foreign terrorist organization.
(c) Foreign Terrorist Organization Defined.—In this section, the term “foreign terrorist organization” means an entity designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the Secretary of State pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189).
Structure US Code
Subtitle A— General Military Law
CHAPTER 57— DECORATIONS AND AWARDS
§ 1121. Legion of Merit: award
§ 1122. Medal for Merit: award
§ 1123. Right to wear badges of military societies
§ 1124. Cash awards for disclosures, suggestions, inventions, and scientific achievements
§ 1124a. Cyber operations-peculiar awards
§ 1125. Recognition for accomplishments: award of trophies
§ 1126. Gold star lapel button: eligibility and distribution
§ 1127. Precedence of the award of the Purple Heart
§ 1128. Prisoner-of-war medal: issue
§ 1129. Purple Heart: members killed or wounded in action by friendly fire
§ 1129a. Purple Heart: members killed or wounded in attacks by foreign terrorist organizations
§ 1131. Purple Heart: limitation to members of the armed forces
§ 1133. Bronze Star: limitation on persons eligible to receive
§ 1134a. Medal of honor: Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard Medal of Honor Roll
§ 1135. Replacement of military decorations
§ 1136. Honorable service requirement for award of military decorations