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 116 STAT. 2550 PUBLIC LAW 107-314—DEC. 2, 2002 by the Secretary of Defense to be appropriate for terminating eligibility for the Korea Defense Service Medal. "(c) The Secretary of the Navy shall prescribe service requirements for eligibility for the Korea Defense Service Medal. Those requirements shall not be more stringent than the service requirements for award of the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for instances in which the award of that medal is authorized.". (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: "6257. Korea Defense Service Medal.". (d) AIR FORCE.— (1) Chapter 857 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: "§ 8755. Korea Defense Service Medal "(a) The Secretary of the Air Force shall issue a campaign medal, to be known as the Korea Defense Service Medal, to each person who while a member of the Air Force served in the Republic of Korea or the waters adjacent thereto during the KDSM eligibility period and met the service requirements for the award of that medal prescribed under subsection (c). "(b) In this section, the term 'KDSM eligibility period' means the period beginning on July 28, 1954, and ending on such date after the date of the enactment of this section as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense to be appropriate for terminating eligibility for the Korea Defense Service Medal. "(c) The Secretary of the Air Force shall prescribe service requirements for eligibility for the Korea Defense Service Medal. Those requirements shall not be more stringent than the service requirements for award of the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for instances in which the award of that medal is authorized.". (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: "8755. Korea Defense Service Medal.". 10 USC 3755 (e) AWARD FOR SERVICE BEFORE DATE OF ENACTMENT.— The note- Secretary of the military department concerned shall take appropriate steps to provide in a timely manner for the issuance of the Korea Defense Service Medal, upon application therefor, to persons whose eligibility for that medal is by reason of service in the Republic of Korea or the waters adjacent thereto before the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 544. COMMENDATION OF MILITARY CHAPLAINS. (a) FINDINGS. —Congress finds the following: (1) Military chaplains have served with those who fought for the cause of freedom since the founding of the Nation. (2) Military chaplains and religious support personnel of the Armed Forces have served with distinction as uniformed members of the Armed Forces in support of the Nation's defense missions during every conflict in the history of the United States. (3) 400 United States military chaplains have died in combat, some as a result of direct fire while ministering to fallen Americans, while others made the ultimate sacrifice as a prisoner of war.

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