Congress authorizes new military medal for border service.
H.R. 4766 — Faithful Patriot Campaign Medal Act · Filed by Riley Moore (R-WV) · Introduced Jul 25, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill directs the Secretary of Defense to create a new military service medal called the Faithful Patriot Campaign Medal to honor members of the Armed Forces and veterans who served on the U.S.-Mexico border during Operation Faithful Patriot or subsequent border operations. Eligible service members and veterans can request the medal, and next-of-kin of deceased service members may also receive it.
Why we flagged it
The bill's sole function is to authorize creation of a new military service medal. It is a routine commemorative measure with no regulatory, fiscal, or policy mechanism beyond directing DoD to design and distribute the medal to eligible service members.
What the text implies
- The bill does not specify funding source or appropriation amount for medal design, production, and distribution; costs will be absorbed by DoD's existing budget.
- No eligibility criteria beyond border service during named operations are specified; DoD retains discretion to define 'Operation Faithful Patriot' and 'subsequent operations' scope.
- The medal's name references a specific operation; future border deployments may not qualify unless explicitly included in DoD's interpretation of 'subsequent operation.'
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
The bill creates a commemorative honor for military service with no apparent cost to citizens or restrictions on rights. Service members and veterans who served on the border gain formal recognition of their service, and the medal program itself is a routine administrative function of the military.
Named in the bill
Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense, Armed Forces, Operation Faithful Patriot, U.S.-Mexico border
Where it stands
- Jul 25, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jul 25, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Armed Services · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 lobbying clients named this bill on 2 disclosure filings across 2 quarters, Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $780,000 in lobbying spend. A filing names 14 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 0% of bills with at least one filing.
Riley Moore, the sponsor, reported $569,900 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- National Grid USA — $780,000 on 2 filings
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 20, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,123 characters) on Aug 21, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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