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Stolen Valor Act of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to rewrite provisions relating to fraudulent claims about military service to subject to a fine, imprisonment for not more than one year, or both an individual who, with intent to obtain money, property, or other tangible benefit, fraudulently holds himself or herself out to be a recipient of:
a Congressional Medal of Honor,
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 258 as public Law on Jun 3, 2013. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
House May 20, 2013
Stolen Valor Act
Passed · Two-thirds required
390 Yea 3 Nay 40 not voting
Crossed both parties 3 of 393 voting members broke with their own party: 3 Republicans.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
433 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 258 and vote against it. 69 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 258 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
18 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.