2008 US Code
Title 14 - COAST GUARD
PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS
Sec. 497 - Honorable subsequent service as condition to award
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 14 - COAST GUARD |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 14 - COAST GUARD PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS Sec. 497 - Honorable subsequent service as condition to award |
| Contains | section 497 |
| Date | 2008 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 5, 2009 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 536; Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, §13, 70A Stat. 624. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 63 Stat. 536 |
§497. Honorable subsequent service as condition to award
No medal of honor, distinguished service medal, distinguished flying cross, Coast Guard medal, or emblem, or insignia in lieu thereof shall be awarded or presented to any individual, or to the representative of any individual, whose entire service subsequent to the time he distinguished himself shall not in the opinion of the Commandant have been honorable.
(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 536; Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, §13, 70A Stat. 624.)
Historical and Revision NotesThis section makes honorable service subsequent to the act for which award is made, a condition precedent to granting the award. The Navy has the same statutory condition (see title 34, U.S.C., 1946 ed., §362). 81st Congress, House Report No. 557.
Amendments1956—Act Aug. 10, 1956, included the distinguished flying cross.
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