2013 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle D - Air Force (§§ 8010 - 9842)
Part II - PERSONNEL (§§ 8201 - 9061)
Chapter 857 - DECORATIONS AND AWARDS (§§ 8741 - 8756)
Section 8745 - Medal of honor; Air Force cross; distinguished-service medal: delegation of power to award
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 10 - ARMED FORCES |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 10 - ARMED FORCES Subtitle D - Air Force PART II - PERSONNEL CHAPTER 857 - DECORATIONS AND AWARDS Sec. 8745 - Medal of honor; Air Force cross; distinguished-service medal: delegation of power to award |
Contains | section 8745 |
Date | 2013 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 541; Pub. L. 86-593, §1(3), July 6, 1960, 74 Stat. 332. |
Statutes at Large References | 40 Stat. 872 74 Stat. 332 |
Public Law References | Public Law 86-593 |
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The President may delegate his authority to award the medal of honor, Air Force cross, and distinguished-service medal, to a commanding general of a separate air force or higher unit in the field.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 541; Pub. L. 86–593, §1(3), July 6, 1960, 74 Stat. 332.)
Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
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8745 | 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".
AMENDMENTS1960—Pub. L. 86–593 substituted "Air Force cross" for "distinguished-service cross" in section catchline and in text.
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