{"id":35743,"date":"2013-05-21T08:07:47","date_gmt":"2013-05-21T12:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=35743"},"modified":"2013-05-21T08:07:47","modified_gmt":"2013-05-21T12:07:47","slug":"2013-stolen-valor-act-passes-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=35743","title":{"rendered":"2013 Stolen Valor Act passes House"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Associated Press<\/a> reports that the House has passed the latest version of the Stolen Valor Act in a 390-3 vote. 40 members of Congress didn’t vote, the three who voted against it were Justin Amash (R-MI)<\/a>, Paul Broun (R-GA)<\/a>, and Thomas Massie (R-KY)<\/a>. Here’s the roll call vote<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This is probably the best bill that we could get, considering that the Supreme Court said that last version violated the First Amendment. But, as I’ve said in the past the bill, is just a lawyer employment act. The bill, which amends Section 704 of title 18, United States Code, says;<\/p>\n

Fraudulent Representations About Receipt of Military Decorations or Medals- Whoever, with intent to obtain money, property, or other tangible benefit, fraudulently holds oneself out to be a recipient of a decoration or medal described in subsection (c)(2) or (d) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than one year, or both.’<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What is a “tangible benefit”? Can it include scoring with a hot chick in a bar with whom you wouldn’t have had a shot without your phony SEAL persona? I’ve had two car salesmen tell me they were Special Forces in order to convince me that I should buy a car from them. Is that a tangible benefit?<\/p>\n

There is a bill in the Senate, S.210<\/a>, with similar language awaiting a vote. The bill certainly won’t hinder our work here at This Ain’t Hell, mostly because of the ambiguous language. The Valor thieves misinterpreted the Supreme Court’s decision, you can count on them thinking they’re smarter than Congress, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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