Title 10 — Armed Forces
Part II · Chapter 57 — Decorations and Awards
§ 1121. Legion of Merit: award
Statutory text
The President, under regulations to be prescribed by him, may award a decoration called the “Legion of Merit”, having suitable appurtenances and devices and not more than four degrees, to any member of the armed forces of the United States or of any friendly foreign nation who, after , has distinguished himself by exceptionally meritorious conduct in performing outstanding services.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 88.) · 70A Stat. 88
Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 1121
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 88.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 88.)
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Notes
historicalAndRevision
| Historical and Revision Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 1121 | 10:1408b(1). | July 20, 1942, ch. 508, § 2(1), 56 Stat. 662. |
The words “Government of the Philippines” are omitted as covered by the words “any friendly foreign nation”. The words “There is created”, “rules and”, and “the proclamation of an emergency by the President on” are omitted as surplusage.
Credits
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 88.)