§ 2732. Medal of honor

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. 1949

   Title 14, United States Code, section —

   Pub. L. 81–393 · 63 Stat. 495

   Enacted · 14 U.S.C. § 2732

   Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 535, § 491

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 535, § 491

2. 1963

   Pub. L. 88–77 § 4 · 77 Stat. 93

   Substituted · 14 U.S.C. § 2732

   Pub. L. 88–77 enlarged the authority to award the medal of honor, which was limited to those cases in which persons, while in the service of the Coast Guard, distinguished themselves in action involving actual conflict with an enemy, or in the line of his profession, and without detriment to the mission of his command or to the command to which attached, to permit its award for distinguished service by members of the Coast Guard while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States, while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign force, or while serving with friendly foreign forces engaged in an armed conflict against an opposing armed force in which the United States is not a belligerent party, and substituted the requirement that it be of appropriate design, with ribbons and appurtenances, for the requirement that the design be the same as that of the Navy medal of honor

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 88–77 enlarged the authority to award the medal of honor, which was limited to those cases in which persons, while in the service of the Coast Guard, distinguished themselves in action involving actual conflict with an enemy, or in the line of his profession, and without detriment to the mission of his command or to the command to which attached, to permit its award for distinguished service by members of the Coast Guard while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States, while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign force, or while serving with friendly foreign forces engaged in an armed conflict against an opposing armed force in which the United States is not a belligerent party, and substituted the requirement that it be of appropriate design, with ribbons and appurtenances, for the requirement that the design be the same as that of the Navy medal of honor.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 4. Section 491 of title 14, United States Code, is amended to Coast Guard. 63 Stat. 535. read as follows: “§ 491. Medal of honor “The President may award, and present in the name of Congress, a medal of honor of appropriate design, with ribbons and appurtenances, to a person who. while a member of the Coast Guard, distinguishes himself conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty— “(1) while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States; “(2) while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign force; “(3) while serving with friendly foreign forces engaged in an armed conflict against an opposing armed force in which the United States is not a belligerent party.”

3. 2018

   Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018

   Pub. L. 115–282 title I § 116(b) · 132 Stat. 4192

   Changed · 14 U.S.C. § 2732

   Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 491 of this title as this section

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 491 of this title as this section.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (b) Redesignations and Transfers.— (1) Requirement.— The sections of title 14, United States Code, identified in the table provided in paragraph (2) are amended— (A) by redesignating the sections as described in the table; and (B) by transferring the sections, as necessary, so that the sections appear after the table of sections for chapter 27 of such title (as added by subsection (a)), in the order in which the sections are presented in the table. (2) Table.— The table referred to in paragraph (1) is the following: Title 14 section number before redesignationSection heading (provided for identification purposes only-not amended)Title 14 section number after redesignation 468Procurement of personnel2701 469Training2702 476Contingent expenses2703 477Equipment to prevent accidents2704 482Clothing at time of discharge for good of service2705 483Right to wear uniform2706 484Protection of uniform2707 485Clothing for officers and enlisted personnel2708 487Procurement and sale of stores to members and civilian employees2709 507Disposition of effects of decedents2710 508Deserters; payment of expenses incident to apprehension and delivery; penalties2711 644Payment for the apprehension of stragglers2712 499Delegation of powers to make awards; rules and regulations2731 491Medal of honor2732 504Medal of honor: duplicate medal2733 505Medal of honor: presentation of Medal of Honor Flag2734 491aCoast Guard cross2735 492Distinguished service medal2736 492aSilver star medal2737 492bDistinguished flying cross2738 493Coast Guard medal2739 494Insignia for additional awards2740 496Time limit on award; report concerning deed2741 497Honorable subsequent service as condition to award2742 498Posthumous awards2743 500Life-saving medals2744 501Replacement of medals2745 502Award of other medals2746 503Awards and insignia for excellence in service or conduct2747 516Presentation of United States flag upon retirement2748 509Persons discharged as result of court-martial; allowances to2761 510Shore patrol duty; payment of expenses2762 511Compensatory absence from duty for military personnel at isolated duty stations2763 512Monetary allowance for transportation of household effects2764 513Retroactive payment of pay and allowances delayed by administrative error or oversight2765 517Travel card management2766 518Reimbursement for medical-related travel expenses for certain persons residing on islands in the continental United States2767 519Annual audit of pay and allowances of members undergoing permanent change of station2768 461Remission of indebtedness2769 470Special instruction at universities2770 471Attendance at professional meetings2771 472Education loan repayment program2772 478Rations or commutation therefor in money2773 479Sales of ration supplies to messes2774 480Flight rations2775 481Payments at time of discharge for good of service2776 486Clothing for destitute shipwrecked persons2777 488Advancement of public funds to personnel2778 660Transportation to and from certain places of employment2779

4. 2021

   Elijah E. Cummings Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2020

   Pub. L. 116–283 § 8506(c) · 134 Stat. 3388

   1. Substituted · 14 U.S.C. § 2732

      Pub. L. 116–283, § 8506(c), substituted “displays conspicuous” for “distinguishes himself conspicuously by” in introductory provisions

   2. Substituted · 14 U.S.C. § 2732

      Pub. L. 116–283, § 8506(c), substituted “such individual’s” for “his” in introductory provisions

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 116–283, § 8506(c), substituted “displays conspicuous” for “distinguishes himself conspicuously by” and “such individual’s” for “his” in introductory provisions.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (c) Section 2732 of title 14, United States Code, as amended by this division, is further amended— (1) by striking “distinguishes himself conspicuously by” and inserting “displays conspicuous”; and (2) by striking “his” and inserting “such individual’s”.

5. 2021

   Elijah E. Cummings Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2020

   Pub. L. 116–283 § 8505(a)(25) · 134 Stat. 3388

   Substituted · 14 U.S.C. § 2732

   Pub. L. 116–283, § 8505(a)(25), substituted “an individual” for “a person” in introductory provisions

   Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 116–283, § 8505(a)(25), substituted “an individual” for “a person” in introductory provisions.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (25) In section 2732, by striking “a person” and inserting “an individual”.

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