HR4254-119

Introduced

To establish a military service medal to be issued to members of the Armed Forces who served in support of operations related to the Iran-Israel War, including Operation Midnight Hammer.

119th Congress Introduced Jun 30, 2025

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To establish a military service medal to be issued to members of the Armed Forces who served in support of operations related to the Iran-Israel War, including Operation Midnight Hammer., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors. The main policy domain is Defense, Foreign Policy, Transportation.

Who Benefits and How

defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H6018C0836DE8448D8E349FA5675FDFCC: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Iranian Campaign Medal Act.
  • Section H503DC1870272474FAA42E949BF537961: 2. Establishment of Operation Midnight Hammer Medal The Secretary concerned may issue a service medal to be known as the Iranian Campaign Medal to a person...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To establish a military service medal to be issued to members of the Armed Forces who served in support of operations related to the Iran-Israel War, including Operation Midnight Hammer., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors.

Key Policy Areas

Defense, Foreign Policy, Transportation

Primary Purpose

This bill, To establish a military service medal to be issued to members of the Armed Forces who served in support of operations related to the Iran-Israel War, including Operation Midnight Hammer., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors.

Policy Domains

Defense Foreign Policy Transportation

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
federal implementing agencies:
defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors:

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Jun 30, 2025

Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas (for himself, Mr. Alford, Mr. …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Defense Foreign Policy Transportation
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_defense"
→ Secretary of Defense

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

Learn more about our methodology