10 USC 6249: Limitation of honorable service
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10 USC 6249: Limitation of honorable service Text contains those laws in effect on January 7, 2011
From Title 10-ARMED FORCESSubtitle C-Navy and Marine CorpsPART II-PERSONNELCHAPTER 567-DECORATIONS AND AWARDS
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§6249. Limitation of honorable service

No medal, cross, or bar, or associated emblem or insignia may be awarded or presented to any person or to his representative if his service after he distinguished himself has not been honorable.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 390 .)

Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
6249 34 U.S.C. 362. Feb. 4, 1919, ch. 14, §8 (1st proviso), 40 Stat. 1057 ; renumbered §10 and amended Aug. 7, 1942, ch. 551, §1, 56 Stat. 745 .
  34 U.S.C. 364a (last 31 words of 3d sentence). July 2, 1926, ch. 721, §12 (last 31 words of 3d sentence), 44 Stat. 789 , July 30, 1937, ch. 545, §4, 50 Stat. 549 .

The word "associated" is substituted for the word "other" to relate the medal or cross to its emblem or insignia. The word "entire" is omitted as surplusage.