H.Res. 383: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the appropriate award of the Purple Heart to the Marines and Sailors killed or wounded in the recent attack at the Navy Operational Support Center and Marine Corps Reserve Center and the Armed Forces Career Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

H.Res. 383: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the appropriate award of the Purple Heart to the Marines and Sailors killed or wounded in the recent attack at the Navy Operational Support Center and Marine Corps Reserve Center and the Armed Forces Career Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

114th Congress · introduced 2015-07-27 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

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Where it came from: introduced 2015-07-27 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck" [R-TN-3] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the appropriate award of the Purple Heart to the Marines and Sailors killed or wounded in the recent attack at the Navy Operational Support Center and Marine Corps Reserve Center and the Armed Forces Career Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Plain summary

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the July 16, 2015, attack upon members of the Armed Forces at the Navy Operational Support Center and Marine Corps Reserve Center and the Armed Forces Career Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee, meets the criteria for the award of the Purple Heart, and (2) the Secretary of the Navy should award the Purple Heart to the members of the Marine Corps and Navy who were killed or wounded in the attack.

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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the appropriate award of the Purple Heart to the Marines and Sailors killed or wounded in the recent attack at the Navy Operational Support Center and Marine Corps Reserve Center and the Armed Forces Career Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck" [R-TN-3] · 88 cosponsors

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Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Sam Graves (R-MO), David Rouzer (R-NC), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Mark E. Amodei (R-NV), H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL), Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Tim Walberg (R-MI) and 28 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck" [R-TN-3] reported raising $2.7 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hres383.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hres>

Record fed-us-cong114-hres383 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114