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S. 1728: Stolen Valor Act of 2011

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S. 1728: Stolen Valor Act of 2011

112th Congress · introduced 2011-10-18 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2011-10-18 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Brown, Scott P. [R-MA] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Stolen Valor Act of 2011

Plain summary

Stolen Valor Act of 2011 - Amends the federal criminal code to subject an individual who, with intent to obtain anything of value, knowingly makes a misrepresentiation regarding his or her military service to: (1) a fine, one year's imprisonment, or both if the misrepresentation is that such individual served in a combat zone or in a special operations force or was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor; and (2) a fine, six months' imprisonment, or both, in any other case. Provides that: (1) this Act shall not apply to a misrepresentation that an individual did not serve in the Armed Forces, and (2) it is a defense to prosecution that the thing of value is de minimis.

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Official text

Stolen Valor Act of 2011

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Scott P. [R-MA] · 34 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

James E. Risch (R-ID), John Hoeven (R-ND), Susan M. Collins (R-ME), John Cornyn (R-TX), John Thune (R-SD), Roger F. Wicker (R-MS), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), John Boozman (R-AR), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), John Barrasso (R-WY)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-s1728 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112