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10 U.S.C. 7275: Medal of honor; distinguished-service cross; distinguished-service medal: delegation of power to awardText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 10-ARMED FORCESCHAPTER 737-DECORATIONS AND AWARDS
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§7275. Medal of honor; distinguished-service cross; distinguished-service medal: delegation of power to award

The President may delegate his authority to award the medal of honor, distinguished-service cross, and distinguished-service medal, to a commanding general of a separate army or higher unit in the field.

( Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041 , 70A Stat. 216 , § 3745; renumbered § 7275, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(b)(11) , Aug. 13, 2018 , 132 Stat. 1838 .)

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Source (Statutes at Large)

3745

10:1410.

July 9, 1918, ch. 143 (16th par., less words after semicolon, under “Ordnance Department”), 40 Stat. 872.

The words “under such conditions, regulations, and limitations as he shall prescribe” are omitted as surplusage. The words “his authority” are substituted for the words “the power conferred upon him by sections 1403, 1406–1408, 1409–1412, 1416, 1420, 1422, 1423, and 1424 of this title”.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018⁠—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 3745 of this title as this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

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.