Title 34 — Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Chapter 503 — Law Enforcement Congressional Badge of Bravery
§ 50311. Authorization of a Badge
Statutory text
The Attorney General may award, and a Member of Congress or the Attorney General may present, in the name of Congress a Federal Law Enforcement Congressional Badge of Bravery to a Federal law enforcement officer who is cited by the Attorney General, upon the recommendation of the Federal Board, for performing an act of bravery while in the line of duty.
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.
Law Enforcement Congressional Badge of Bravery Act of 2008
Pub. L. 110–298 title I § 101 · 122 Stat. 2985
Enacted · 34 U.S.C. § 50311
(Pub. L. 110–298, title I, § 101, July 31, 2008, 122 Stat. 2986.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 110–298, title I, § 101, July 31, 2008, 122 Stat. 2986.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF A BADGE. The Attorney General may award, and a Member of Congress or the Attorney General may present, in the name of Congress a Federal Law Enforcement Congressional Badge of Bravery to a Federal law enforcement officer who is cited by the Attorney General, upon the recommendation of the Federal Board, for performing an act of bravery while in the line of duty.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 15241 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.