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14 U.S.C. § 2739 — Coast Guard medal

submitted 77 years ago by ch. 393 to r/title-14-COAST-GUARD · 62 words · no verdicts yet

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The President may award a Coast Guard medal for heroism that does not involve actual conflict with an enemy.

The President may award, but not in Congress’s name, a properly designed Coast Guard medal, with ribbon and replacement rosette or device, to anyone serving in any Coast Guard capacity who shows heroism not involving actual conflict with an enemy.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

The President may present, but not in the name of Congress, a medal to be known as the Coast Guard medal, of appropriate design, with accompanying ribbon, together with a rosette or other device to be worn in lieu thereof, to any individual who, while serving in any capacity with the Coast Guard, displays heroism not involving actual conflict with an enemy.

Source credit: (Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 535, § 493; renumbered § 2739, 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)(32), 8506(f), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4749, 4752.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1949Enacted · Act of Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393 · 63 Stat. 535
  • 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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