14 U.S.C. § 2732 — Medal of honor
submitted 77 years ago by ch. 393 to r/title-14-COAST-GUARD · 105 words · no verdicts yet
The President may award a Coast Guard member a Medal of Honor for extraordinary courage in specified combat situations.
The President may award and present, in Congress’s name, an appropriately designed Medal of Honor with its ribbons and other parts to a Coast Guard member who shows outstanding courage and fearlessness, risking the member’s life beyond the call of duty: (1) while fighting an enemy of the United States; (2) during military operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign force; or (3) while serving with friendly foreign forces in an armed conflict against an opposing force when the United States is not a party to the conflict.
The President may award, and present in the name of Congress, a medal of honor of appropriate design, with ribbons and appurtenances, to an individual who, while a member of the Coast Guard, displays conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of such individual’s life above and beyond the call of duty—
while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States;
while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign force;
while serving with friendly foreign forces engaged in an armed conflict against an opposing armed force in which the United States is not a belligerent party.
Source credit: (Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 535, § 491; Pub. L. 88–77, § 4, July 25, 1963, 77 Stat. 95; renumbered § 2732, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 116(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4226; Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXV [LXXXV], §§ 8505(a)(25), 8506(c), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4749, 4752.)
- 1949Enacted · Act of Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393 · 63 Stat. 535
- 1963Amended · Pub. L. 88-77 · 77 Stat. 95
- 2018Amended · Pub. L. 115-282 · 132 Stat. 4226
- 2021Amended · Pub. L. 116-283 · 134 Stat. 4749, 4752
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 393 on 1949-08-04.
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