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22 U.S.C. § 4013 — Department awards

submitted 46 years ago by Pub. L. 96-465 to r/title-22-FOREIGN-RELATIONS-AND-INTERCOURSE · 111 words · no verdicts yet

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This section requires a Federal awards system recognizing outstanding contributions by Service and Civil Service members. Awards may include medals or commendations for distinguished service, valor, and internationally recognized human-rights promotion.

The President must establish awards recognizing outstanding contributions to the Nation by Service or Civil Service members. The system must allow the President and Secretary to present medals or other suitable commendations for distinguished or meritorious service in or beyond duty, including extraordinary bravery facing danger to life or health. Distinguished or meritorious promotion of internationally recognized human rights, including religious freedom, is a basis for an award.
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The President shall establish a system of awards to confer appropriate recognition of outstanding contributions to the Nation by members of the Service or Civil Service. The awards system established under this section shall provide for presentation by the President and by the Secretary of medals or other suitable commendations for performance in the course of or beyond the call of duty which involves distinguished, meritorious service to the Nation, including extraordinary valor in the face of danger to life or health. Distinguished, meritorious service in the promotion of internationally recognized human rights, including the right to freedom of religion, shall serve as a basis for granting awards under this section.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 614, formerly § 613, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2099; renumbered § 614, Pub. L. 103–236, title I, § 181(a)(1), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 416; amended Pub. L. 105–292, title V, § 504(b), Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2811; Pub. L. 117–81, div. E, title LIII, § 5308(a), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2362.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1980Enacted · Pub. L. 96-465 · 94 Stat. 2099
  • 1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-236 · 108 Stat. 416
  • 1998Amended · Pub. L. 105-292 · 112 Stat. 2811
  • 2021Amended · Pub. L. 117-81 · 135 Stat. 2362

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 96-465 on 1980-10-17.

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