10-U.S.C.-6248

§6248 – Limitations of Time

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Title 10 > Subtitle C > Part II > Chapter 567 > Section 6248

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• Reference: Section 6248
• Legend: §6248 – Limitations of Time
• USCode Year: 2013

Provision Content

(a) Except as provided in section 6246 of this title or subsection (b), no medal of honor, Navy cross, distinguished-service medal, silver star medal, Navy and Marine Corps Medal, or bar, emblem, or insignia in place thereof may be awarded to a person unless—

(1) the award is made within five years after the date of the act or service justifying the award; and

(2) a statement setting forth the act or distinguished service and recommending official recognition of it was made by his superior through official channels within three years from the date of that act or service.

(b) If the Secretary of the Navy determines that—

(1) a statement setting forth the act or distinguished service and recommending official recognition of it was made by the persons superior through official channels within three years from the date of that act or service and was supported by sufficient evidence within that time; and

(2) no award was made, because the statement was lost or through inadvertence the recommendation was not acted on;

a medal of honor, Navy cross, distinguished-service medal, silver star medal, Navy and Marine Corps Medal, or bar, emblem, or insignia in place thereof, as the case may be, may be awarded to the person within two years after the date of that determination.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 390; Pub. L. 86–582, §1(2), July 5, 1960, 74 Stat. 320.)

The words Except as provided in section 6246 of this title are substituted for the words That except as otherwise prescribed herein to identify the only exception. The words may be awarded to a person are substituted for the words shall be issued to any person for uniformity. The words specific, or report distinctly, and at the time of are omitted as surplusage. The words bar, emblem, or insignia are substituted for the words or bar or other suitable emblem or insignia for uniformity. The words from the date of that act or service are substituted for the word thereafter.

Amendments

1960—Pub. L. 86–582 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted or subsection (b) after title, and added subsec. (b).

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