34 U.S.C. § 50312 — Nominations
submitted 18 years ago by Pub. L. 110-298 to r/title-34-CRIME-CONTROL-AND-LAW-ENFORCEMENT · 306 words · no verdicts yet
A Federal agency head may nominate a Federal law-enforcement officer who was injured while performing lawful duties and an act the head calls brave, or who performed such an act while risking serious injury or death. The nomination must contain the listed information and be submitted by February 15 of the following year.
(a) A Federal agency head* may nominate an individual who is a Federal law-enforcement officer working for that agency and who: (1) was physically injured while performing lawful duties and an act the nominating head characterizes as brave, and was personally at risk when injured; or (2) was not injured but performed an act the head characterizes as brave that put the individual at risk of serious physical injury or death.
(b) The nomination must include a written narrative of no more than two pages describing the act and why it meets subsection (a), the nominee’s full name, home mailing address, agency, occupational title and grade or rank, field-office* address on the date of the act, and years of government service on that date.
(c) The agency head must submit the nomination to the Office by February 15 of the year after the act.
A Federal agency head* may nominate for a Federal Law Enforcement Badge* an individual—
who is a Federal law enforcement officer* working within the agency of the Federal agency head making the nomination; and
who—
sustained a physical injury while—
engaged in the lawful duties of the individual; and
performing an act characterized as bravery by the Federal agency head making the nomination; and
put the individual at personal risk when the injury described in clause (i) occurred; or
while not injured, performed an act characterized as bravery by the Federal agency head making the nomination that placed the individual at risk of serious physical injury or death.
A nomination under subsection (a) shall include—
a written narrative, of not more than 2 pages, describing the circumstances under which the nominee performed the act of bravery described in subsection (a) and how the circumstances meet the criteria described in such subsection;
the full name of the nominee;
the home mailing address of the nominee;
the agency in which the nominee served on the date when such nominee performed the act of bravery described in subsection (a);
the occupational title and grade or rank of the nominee;
the field office* address of the nominee on the date when such nominee performed the act of bravery described in subsection (a); and
the number of years of Government service by the nominee as of the date when such nominee performed the act of bravery described in subsection (a).
A Federal agency head shall submit each nomination under subsection (a) to the Office not later than February 15 of the year following the date on which the nominee performed the act of bravery described in subsection (a).
Source credit: (Pub. L. 110–298, title I, § 102, July 31, 2008, 122 Stat. 2986.)
- 2008Enacted · Pub. L. 110-298 · 122 Stat. 2986
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 110-298 on 2008-07-31.
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