a medal of honor, distinguished-service 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.
10 U.S.C. § 7274
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTE | ||
Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
3744(a)3744(b)3744(c) | 10:1411.10:1409 (words before 1st semicolon).10:1409 (words after 2d semicolon). | July 9, 1918, ch. 143 (12th par., less words after 2d semicolon, under "Ordnance Department"); restated Jan. 24, 1920, ch. 55, §1 (less last sentence), 41 Stat. 398. |
July 9, 1918, ch. 143 (less words between 1st and 2d semicolons of 15th par. under "Ordnance Department"), 40 Stat. 871. |
EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS2019-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 116-92, §582(b)(1)(A), substituted "subsection (c)" for "subsection (d)" in introductory provisions.Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 116-92, §582(b)(1)(B), (C), redesignated subsec. (d) as (c) and struck out former subsec. (c) which read as follows: "No medal of honor, distinguished-service cross, distinguished-service medal, or device in place thereof, may be awarded or presented to a person whose service after he distinguished himself has not been honorable."2018- Pub. L. 115-232 renumbered section 3744 of this title as this section. 2013-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113-66, §561(a), substituted "distinguished-service cross" for "medal of honor, distinguished-service cross,".Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 113-66, §562(a)(1)(A), substituted "five years" for "three years".Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 113-66, §562(a)(1)(B), substituted "three years" for "two years".Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 113-66, §562(a)(2), substituted "three years" for "two years".1960-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 86-582, §1(1)(A), substituted "Except as provided in subsection (d), no" for "No."Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 86-582, §1(1)(B), added subsec. (d).
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2018 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 115-232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115-232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.