§ 7275. Medal of honor; distinguished-service cross; distinguished-service medal: delegation of power to award

Statutory text

The President may delegate his authority to award the medal of honor, distinguished-service cross, and distinguished-service medal, to a commanding general of a separate army or higher unit in the field.

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.

1956
Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 216, § 3745 · 70A Stat. 216
Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 7275
Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 216, § 3745
Source evidence
Code source credit
Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 216, § 3745
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. § 7275
Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 3745 of this title as this section
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 3745 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.

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Notes

historicalAndRevision

Historical and Revision Notes
Revised section	Source (U.S. Code)	Source (Statutes at Large)
3745	10:1410.	July 9, 1918, ch. 143 (16th par., less words after semicolon, under “Ordnance Department”), 40 Stat. 872.

The words “under such conditions, regulations, and limitations as he shall prescribe” are omitted as surplusage. The words “his authority” are substituted for the words “the power conferred upon him by sections 1403, 1406–1408, 1409–1412, 1416, 1420, 1422, 1423, and 1424 of this title”.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 3745 of this title as this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

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.

Credits

1956–2018 · 2 acts

1956Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 216, § 3745
2018renumbered § 7275, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(b)(11), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1838.

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(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 216, § 3745; renumbered § 7275, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(b)(11), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1838.)