text: SECTION 1. AWARD OF PURPLE HEART TO MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES KILLED 
                OR WOUNDED IN TERRORIST ATTACKS WITHIN THE UNITED STATES.
  
      (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
              (1) The Final Report of the National Commission on 
          Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (commonly known as the 
          ``9/11 Commission Report'') recognizes that there is a certain 
          ideology that gives rise to terrorism.
              (2) This ideology that gives rise to terrorism can even 
          influence citizens and residents of the United States to 
          perpetrate attacks within the United States against members of 
          the Armed Forces.
              (3) Two such attacks have already occurred within the 
          United States, one at a recruiting station in Little Rock, 
          Arkansas, on June 1, 2009, and one at Fort Hood, Texas, on 
          November 5, 2009.
              (4) According to investigative reports released by the 
          Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives 
          and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
          of the Senate at least 33 threats, plots, and strikes related 
          to domestic terrorism against United States military 
          communities have been uncovered since September 11, 2001.
              (5) These threats, plots, and strikes demonstrate that 
          members of the Armed Forces are at risk of terrorist attack not 
          only when deployed overseas, but also while stationed within 
          the United States.
              (6) The Department of Defense has recognized the threat 
          posed by terrorist attacks, including those perpetrated by a 
          member of the Armed Forces, by issuing revised regulations, 
          including Army Regulation 381-12 regarding the Military 
          Intelligence Threat Awareness and Reporting Program, to require 
          reporting of potential terrorist insider threat activity, 
          including when a member of the Armed Forces is ``advocating the 
          use of unlawful violence or force to achieve goals that are 
          political, religious, or ideological in nature''.
      (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the 
  Secretary of Defense (and the Secretary of Homeland Security with 
  respect to the Coast Guard) should duly honor those members of the 
  Armed Forces who are killed or wounded in terrorist attacks within the 
  United States that are inspired by the ideology that gives rise to 
  terrorism, as defined by the Final Report of the National Commission on 
  Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (commonly known as the ``9/11 
  Commission Report'').
      (c) Award of Purple Heart.--
              (1) Award required.--Chapter 57 of title 10, United States 
          Code, is amended by inserting after section 1129 the following 
          new section:
  ``Sec. 1129a. Purple Heart: members killed or wounded by terrorist 
                attacks perpetrated within the United States
      ``(a) 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 
  in action as the result of an act of the enemy of the United States.
      ``(b)(1) A member of the armed forces described in this subsection 
  is a member who the Secretary concerned determines was killed or 
  wounded in a terrorist attack within the United States perpetrated by 
  an individual or individuals expressing a political, religious, or 
  ideological obligation to engage in unlawful violence directed against 
  United States military operations or foreign policy, as described in 
  Army Regulation 318-12 of October 2010 regarding the Military 
  Intelligence Threat Awareness and Reporting Program.
      ``(2) In this subsection, the term `terrorist attack' means the 
  calculated use of violence or threat of violence to inculcate fear 
  intended to coerce or to intimidate governments or societies in the 
  pursuit of goals that are generally political, religious, or 
  ideological, as described in the Army Regulation referred to in 
  paragraph (1).
      ``(3) In implementing this section, the Secretary concerned shall 
  make no distinction between `international terrorism' and `domestic 
  terrorism', as those terms are defined in section 2331 of title 18.
      ``(4) If a terrorist attack referred to in paragraph (1) includes, 
  as victims, members of more than one armed force, the determination 
  required by such paragraph shall be made jointly by the Secretaries of 
  the armed forces concerned.
      ``(c) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a member of the armed 
  forces whose death or wound is the result of the willful misconduct of 
  the member.
      ``(d) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted--
              ``(1) to affect the designation of any individual alleged 
          to have perpetrated an attack referred to in subsection (b)(1) 
          as an enemy combatant for any purposes under law; or
              ``(2) to preempt or otherwise affect any legal proceedings 
          relating to such an attack.''.
              (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the 
          beginning of chapter 57 of such title is amended by inserting 
          after the item relating of section 1129 the following new item:
  
  ``1129a. Purple Heart: members killed or wounded by terrorist attacks 
                              perpetrated within the United States.''.
              (3) Retroactive effective date and application.--
                      (A) Effective date.--The amendments made by this 
                  subsection shall take effect as of January 1, 2009.
                      (B) Review of certain previous incidents.--The 
                  Secretaries of the military departments (and the 
                  Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the 
                  Coast Guard) shall undertake a review of each death or 
                  wounding of a member of the Armed Forces that occurred 
                  within the United States between January 1, 2009, and 
                  the date of the enactment of this Act under 
                  circumstances that could qualify the death or wounding 
                  as being the result of a terrorist attack within the 
                  United States to determine whether the death or 
                  wounding does qualify as a death or wounding resulting 
                  from a terrorist attack within the United States for 
                  purposes of section 1129a of title 10, United States 
                  Code, as added by this subsection.
                      (C) Actions following review.--If the death or 
                  wounding of a member of the Armed Forces reviewed under 
                  subparagraph (B) is determined to qualify as a death or 
                  wounding resulting from a terrorist attack within the 
                  United States for purposes of such section 1129a, the 
                  Secretary of the military department concerned (or the 
                  Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to a member 
                  of the Coast Guard) shall take appropriate action under 
                  such section to award the Purple Heart to the member.
target: Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense (DOD), and the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) with respect to the Coast Guard, should duly honor those members of the Armed Forces who are killed or wounded in the United States in terrorist attacks that are inspired by the ideology that gives rise to terrorism, as defined by the Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States.
  
  Provides that, for purposes of awarding the Purple Heart, the Secretary of the military department concerned shall treat a member of the Armed Forces who is killed or wounded in a terrorist attack within the United States in the same manner as a member killed or wounded in action due to an act of an enemy of the United States.
  
   Makes this Act effective as of January 1, 2009.
  
  Directs the Secretaries concerned to: (1) review each death or wounding of a member within the United States between January 1, 2009, and the date of enactment of this Act to determine whether such death or wounding qualifies as a death or wounding resulting from a terrorist attack for purposes of this Act; and (2) upon a positive determination, take appropriate action.
feat_title: A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the award of the Purple Heart to members of the Armed Forces who are killed or wounded in a terrorist attack perpetrated within the United States.