2015 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces (Sections 101 - 18506)
Subtitle B - Army (Sections 3001 - 4842)
Part II - Personnel (Sections 3201 - 4061)
Chapter 357 - Decorations and Awards (Sections 3741 - 3756)
Sec. 3745 - Medal of honor; distinguished-service cross; distinguished-service medal: delegation of power to award

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 10 - ARMED FORCES
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 10 - ARMED FORCES
Subtitle B - Army
PART II - PERSONNEL
CHAPTER 357 - DECORATIONS AND AWARDS
Sec. 3745 - Medal of honor; distinguished-service cross; distinguished-service medal: delegation of power to award
Containssection 3745
Date2015
Laws In Effect As Of DateJanuary 3, 2016
Positive LawYes
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditAug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 216.
Statutes at Large Reference40 Stat. 872

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10 U.S.C. § 3745 (2015)
§3745. 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.)

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Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)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".

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