14 U.S.C. § 2742 — Honorable subsequent service as condition to award
submitted 77 years ago by ch. 393 to r/title-14-COAST-GUARD · 69 words · no verdicts yet
A listed Coast Guard award cannot be given if the recipient’s later service was not honorable in the Commandant’s opinion.
A medal of honor, Coast Guard cross, distinguished service medal, silver star medal, distinguished flying cross, Coast Guard medal, or replacement emblem or insignia may not be awarded or presented to a person, or the person’s representative, if the person’s entire service after the acts being considered was not honorable in the Commandant’s opinion.
No medal of honor, Coast Guard cross, distinguished service medal, silver star medal, distinguished flying cross, Coast Guard medal, or emblem, or insignia in lieu thereof shall be awarded or presented to any individual, or to the representative of any individual, whose entire service subsequent to the time of the acts resulting in the consideration of such award shall not in the opinion of the Commandant* have been honorable.
Source credit: (Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 536, § 497; Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 13, 70A Stat. 624; Pub. L. 111–281, title II, § 224(c)(3), Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 2922; renumbered § 2742, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 116(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4226; Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXV [LXXXV], § 8506(g), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4752.)
- 1949Enacted · Act of Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393 · 63 Stat. 536
- 1956Amended · Act of Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
- 2010Amended · Pub. L. 111-281 · 124 Stat. 2922
- 2018Amended · Pub. L. 115-282 · 132 Stat. 4226
- 2021Amended · Pub. L. 116-283 · 134 Stat. 4752
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 393 on 1949-08-04.
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