Volume 74 · 320
Public Law 86–582
To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the award of certain medals within two years after a determination by the Secretary concerned that because of loss or inadvertence the recommendation was not processed.
Approved July 5, 1960
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the award of certain medals within two years after a determination by the Secretary concerned that because of loss or inadvertence the recommendation was not processed.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
that title 10, United States Code, is amended as follows:
Section 3744 is amended—
by amending the part of subsection (b) that precedes the numbered clauses to read as follows:
“(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—”; and
by adding the following new subsection at the end thereof:
“(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 two 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.”
Section 6248 is amended—
by inserting the designation “(a)” before the words “Except as provided” at the beginning thereof;
by inserting the words “or subsection (b)” after the word “title”; and
by adding the following new subsection at the end thereof:
“(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 person’s 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.”
Section 8744 is amended—
by amending the part of subsection (b) that precedes the numbered clauses to read as follows:
“(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—” and
by adding the following new subsection at the end thereof:
“(d) If the Secretary of the Air Force determines that—
“(1) a statement setting forth the distinguished service and recommending official recognition of it was made and supported by sufficient evidence within two 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.”
Approved July 5, 1960.