10 U.S.C. § 9274 — Medal of honor; Air Force cross; distinguished-service medal: limitations on award
submitted 70 years ago by ch. 1041 to r/title-10-ARMED-FORCES · 232 words · no verdicts yet
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No more than one Air Force Cross or distinguished-service medal may be awarded to a person. However, for each succeeding act that would otherwise justify the award of such a medal or cross, the President may award a suitable bar or other device to be worn as he directs.
Except as provided in subsection (c), no medal of honor, Air Force cross, distinguished-service medal, or device in place thereof, may be awarded to a person unless—
the award is made within five years after the date of the act justifying the award;
a statement setting forth the distinguished service and recommending official recognition of it was made within three years after the distinguished service; and
it appears from records of the Department of the Air Force that the person is entitled to the award.
If the Secretary of the Air Force determines that—
a statement setting forth the distinguished service and recommending official recognition of it was made and supported by sufficient evidence within three years after the distinguished service; and
no award was made, because the statement was lost or through inadvertence the recommendation was not acted on;
a medal of honor, Air Force cross, distinguished-service medal, or device in place thereof, as the case may be, may be awarded to the person concerned within two years after the date of that determination.
Source credit: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 540, § 8744; Pub. L. 86–582, § 1(3), July 5, 1960, 74 Stat. 320; Pub. L. 86–593, § 1(2), July 6, 1960, 74 Stat. 331; Pub. L. 113–66, div. A, title V, §§ 561(c), 562(b), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 766; renumbered § 9274, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 806(b)(11), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1833; Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title V, § 582(b)(3), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1412.)
- 1956Enacted · Act of Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
- 1960Amended · Pub. L. 86-582 · 74 Stat. 320
- 1960Amended · Pub. L. 86-593 · 74 Stat. 331
- 2013Amended · Pub. L. 113-66 · 127 Stat. 766
- 2018Amended · Pub. L. 115-232 · 132 Stat. 1833
- 2019Amended · Pub. L. 116-92 · 133 Stat. 1412
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 1041 on 1956-08-10.
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