Title 10 — Armed Forces
Part II · Chapter 837 — Decorations and Awards
§ 8303. Replacement
Statutory text
The Secretary of the Navy may replace without charge any medal of honor, Navy cross, distinguished-service medal, silver star medal, or Navy and Marine Corps Medal, or any associated bar, emblem, or insignia awarded under this chapter that is stolen, lost, or destroyed or becomes unfit for use without fault or neglect on the part of the person to whom it was awarded.
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. 391, § 6253 · 70A Stat. 391
Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 8303
Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 391, § 6253
Source evidence
Code source credit
Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 391, § 6253National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002
Pub. L. 107–107 div. A title V § 553(b)(2) · 115 Stat. 1012
Substituted · 10 U.S.C. § 8303
Pub. L. 107–107 substituted “stolen, lost, or destroyed” for “lost or destroyed”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 107–107 substituted “stolen, lost, or destroyed” for “lost or destroyed”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(2) Section 6253 of such title is amended by striking “lost” and inserting “stolen, lost,”.John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019
Pub. L. 115–232 div. A title VIII § 807(b)(13) · 132 Stat. 1636
Changed · 10 U.S.C. § 8303
Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 6253 of this title as this section
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 6253 of this title as this section.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(13) Chapter 567.— Each section in chapter 567 10 USC 8291–8308. is redesignated so that the number of the section, as redesignated, is the number equal to the previous number plus 2,050.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.
2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Notes
historicalAndRevision
| Historical and Revision Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 6253 | 34 U.S.C. 359 (proviso). | Feb. 4, 1919, ch. 14, § 6 (proviso), 40 Stat. 1056; renumbered § 8 and amended Aug. 7, 1942, ch. 551, § 1, 56 Stat. 744. |
The words “Secretary of the Navy may replace” are substituted for the words “Provided, That such replacement shall be made only in those cases where”.
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
A prior section 8303, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 514; , Pub. L. 85–155, title III, § 301(13), 71 Stat. 388; , Pub. L. 86–616, § 6(3), 74 Stat. 391; , Pub. L. 87–509, § 4(a), 76 Stat. 121; , Pub. L. 90–130, § 1(27)(D), 81 Stat. 382, related to effect of failure of a promotion-list officer considered for promotion to grade of captain, major, or lieutenant colonel under section 8299 of this title to be recommended for promotion, which officer was to be known as a “deferred officer”, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 96–513, title II, § 204, , 94 Stat. 2880, effective . See sections 631 and 632 of this title.
Amendments2001–2018 · 2 rounds
2018
Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 6253 of this title as this section.
2001
Pub. L. 107–107 substituted “stolen, lost, or destroyed” for “lost or destroyed”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2018 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective , 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 · 3 acts
- 1956Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 391, § 6253
- 2001Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title V, § 553(b)(2), , 115 Stat. 1116
- 2018renumbered § 8303, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(13), , 132 Stat. 1836.
Show as published
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 391, § 6253; Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title V, § 553(b)(2), , 115 Stat. 1116; renumbered § 8303, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(13), , 132 Stat. 1836.)