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 8746 - Silver star: 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. 8746 - Silver star: award |
Contains | section 8746 |
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. 88-77, §3(3), July 25, 1963, 77 Stat. 95. |
Statutes at Large References | 56 Stat. 1052 77 Stat. 95 |
Public Law References | Public Law 88-77 |
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The President may award a silver star of appropriate design, with ribbons and appurtenances, to a person who, while serving in any capacity with the Air Force, is cited for gallantry in action that does not warrant a medal of honor or Air Force cross—
(1) while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States;
(2) while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign force; or
(3) while serving with friendly foreign forces engaged in an armed conflict against an opposing armed force in which the United States is not a belligerent party.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 541; Pub. L. 88–77, §3(3), July 25, 1963, 77 Stat. 95.)
Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
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8746 | 10:1412. | July 9, 1918, ch. 143 (words after 2d semicolon of 12th par. under "Ordnance Department"); restated Jan. 24, 1920, ch. 55, §1 (last sentence); restated Dec. 15, 1942, ch. 736, 56 Stat. 1052. |
The words "may award" are inserted to conform to other sections of this chapter. The words "if the person earned" are inserted for clarity. The words "commanded by" are omitted as surplusage.
AMENDMENTS1963—Pub. L. 88–77 substituted provisions permitting the issuance of a silver star for gallantry while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States, while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign force, or while serving with friendly foreign forces engaged in an armed conflict against an opposing armed force in which the United States is not a belligerent party, and requiring it to be of appropriate design, for provisions which authorized the issuance of the silver star for gallantry in action and which required that the silver star be three-sixteenths of an inch in diameter, the citation thereof be published in orders issued from the headquarters of a force that is the appropriate command of a general officer, and that it be worn as directed by the President.
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