10-U.S.C.-3744
§3744 – Medal of Honor; Distinguished-Service Cross; Distinguished-Service Medal: Limitations On Award
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Title 10 > Subtitle B > Part II > Chapter 357 > Section 3744
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- Reference: Section 3744
- Legend: §3744 – Medal of Honor; Distinguished-Service Cross; Distinguished-Service Medal: Limitations On Award
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
(a) No more than one distinguished-service 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.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (d), no medal of honor, distinguished-service cross, distinguished-service medal, or device in place thereof, may be awarded to a person unless—
(1) the award is made within five years after the date of the act justifying the award;
(2) a statement setting forth the distinguished service and recommending official recognition of it was made within three years after the distinguished service; and
(3) it appears from records of the Department of the Army that the person is entitled to the award.
(c) 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.
(d) If the Secretary of the Army determines that—
(1) 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
(2) no award was made, because the statement was lost or through inadvertence the recommendation was not acted on;
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.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 216; Pub. L. 86–582, §1(1), July 5, 1960, 74 Stat. 320; Pub. L. 113–66, div. A, title V, §§561(a), 562(a), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 766.)
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
|---|---|---|
| 3744(a) 3744(b) |
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. |
In subsection (a), the words may be awarded to a person are substituted for the words shall be issued to any one person to conform to the other subsections of the revised section.
In subsection (b), the word thereof is substituted for the words of either of said medal or of said cross. The words Except as otherwise prescribed in this section, at the time of, specific, official, and has so distinguished himself as are omitted as surplusage.
In subsection (c), 10:1409 (words after 3d semicolon) is omitted as executed. The words hereinbefore authorized are omitted as surplusage.
Amendments
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).
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