§ 7274. Medal of honor; distinguished-service cross; distinguished-service medal: limitations on award

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.

1. 1956

   Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 216, § 3744 · 70A Stat. 216

   Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 7274

   Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 216, § 3744

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 216, § 3744

2. 1960

   Pub. L. 86–582 § 1(1)(A) · 74 Stat. 320

   Substituted · 10 U.S.C. § 7274(b)

   Pub. L. 86–582, § 1(1)(A), substituted “Except as provided in subsection (d), no” for “No.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 86–582, § 1(1)(A), substituted “Except as provided in subsection (d), no” for “No.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) Section 3744 is amended— (A) 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 (B) 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.”

3. 1960

   Pub. L. 86–582 § 1(1)(B) · 74 Stat. 320

   Added · 10 U.S.C. § 7274(d)

   Pub. L. 86–582, § 1(1)(B), added subsec. (d)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 86–582, § 1(1)(B), added subsec. (d).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) Section 3744 is amended— (A) 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 (B) 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.”

4. 2013

   National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014

   Pub. L. 113–66 § 561(a) · 127 Stat. 672

   Substituted · 10 U.S.C. § 7274(a)

   Pub. L. 113–66, § 561(a), substituted “distinguished-service cross” for “medal of honor, distinguished-service cross,”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–66, § 561(a), substituted “distinguished-service cross” for “medal of honor, distinguished-service cross,”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) Army.— Section 3744(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking “medal of honor, distinguished-service cross,” and inserting “distinguished-service cross”.

5. 2013

   National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014

   Pub. L. 113–66 § 562(a)(1)(A) · 127 Stat. 672

   Substituted · 10 U.S.C. § 7274(b)(1)

   Pub. L. 113–66, § 562(a)(1)(A), substituted “five years” for “three years”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 113–66, § 562(a)(1)(A), substituted “five years” for “three years”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (A) in paragraph (1), by striking “three years” and inserting “five years”; and

6. 2013

   National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014

   Pub. L. 113–66 § 562(a)(1)(B) · 127 Stat. 672

   Substituted · 10 U.S.C. § 7274(b)(2)

   Pub. L. 113–66, § 562(a)(1)(B), substituted “three years” for “two years”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 113–66, § 562(a)(1)(B), substituted “three years” for “two years”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (B) in paragraph (2), by striking “two years” and inserting “three years”; and

7. 2013

   National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014

   Pub. L. 113–66 § 562(a)(2) · 127 Stat. 672

   Substituted · 10 U.S.C. § 7274(d)(1)

   Pub. L. 113–66, § 562(a)(2), substituted “three years” for “two years”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 113–66, § 562(a)(2), substituted “three years” for “two years”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (2) in subsection (d)(1), by striking “two years” and inserting “three years”.

8. 2018

   John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019

   Pub. L. 115–232 div. A title VIII § 808(b)(11) · 132 Stat. 1636

   Changed · 10 U.S.C. § 7274

   Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 3744 of this title as this section

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 3744 of this title as this section.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (11) Chapter 357.— Each section in chapter 357 is redesignated so that the number of the section, as redesignated, is the number equal to the previous number plus 3,530.

   Effective date note
   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.

9. 2019

   National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020

   Pub. L. 116–92 § 582(b)(1)(A) · 133 Stat. 1198

   Substituted · 10 U.S.C. § 7274(b)

   Pub. L. 116–92, § 582(b)(1)(A), substituted “subsection (c)” for “subsection (d)” in introductory provisions

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 116–92, § 582(b)(1)(A), substituted “subsection (c)” for “subsection (d)” in introductory provisions.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (A) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “subsection (d)” and inserting “subsection (c)”;

10. 2019

    National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020

    Pub. L. 116–92 § 582(b)(1)(B) · 133 Stat. 1198

    1. Redesignated · 10 U.S.C. § 7274(c); 10 U.S.C. § 7274(d)

       Pub. L. 116–92, § 582(b)(1)(B), (C), redesignated subsec. (d) as (c)

    2. Struck · 10 U.S.C. § 7274(c); 10 U.S.C. § 7274(d)

       Pub. L. 116–92, § 582(b)(1)(B), (C), 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.”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    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.”

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (B) by striking subsection (c); and

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