Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 18 — Youth Medals
§ 1922. Establishment of medals for character and service; condition governing awards
Statutory text
The Department of Justice shall also honor by an appropriate medal such American boy or girl citizens, eighteen years old or under, who, in the opinion of the said Department of Justice, shall have achieved outstanding or unusual recognition for character and service during any given year.
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.
Pub. L. 81–520 § 2 · 64 Stat. 397
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 1922
(Aug. 3, 1950, ch. 520, § 2, 64 Stat. 397.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Aug. 3, 1950, ch. 520, § 2, 64 Stat. 397.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 2. The Department of Justice shall also honor by an appropriate Young American Medal tor Service. medal such American boy or girl citizens, eighteen years old or under, who, in the opinion of the said Department of Justice, shall have achieved outstanding or unusual recognition for character and service during any given year.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Credits
(Aug. 3, 1950, ch. 520, § 2, 64 Stat. 397.)