Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 145 — Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor and Tributes
§ 15201. Authorization of Medal
Statutory text
After , the President may award, and present in the name of Congress, a Medal of Valor of appropriate design, with ribbons and appurtenances, to a public safety officer who is cited by the Attorney General, upon the recommendation of the Medal of Valor Review Board, for extraordinary valor above and beyond the call of duty. The Public Safety Medal of Valor shall be the highest national award for valor by a public safety officer.
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.
Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Act of 2001
Pub. L. 107–12 § 2 · 115 Stat. 20
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 15201
(Pub. L. 107–12, § 2, May 30, 2001, 115 Stat. 20.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 107–12, § 2, May 30, 2001, 115 Stat. 20.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF MEDAL. After September 1, 2001, the President may award, and present in the name of Congress, a Medal of Valor of appropriate design, with ribbons and appurtenances, to a public safety officer who is cited by the Attorney General, upon the recommendation of the Medal of Valor Review Board, for extraordinary valor above and beyond the call of duty. The Public Safety Medal of Valor shall be the highest national award for valor by a public safety officer.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Short Title
Pub. L. 107–12, § 1, , 115 Stat. 20, provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter and amending section 2214 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade] may be cited as the ‘Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Act of 2001’.”