2018 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle B - Army
Part II - Personnel
Chapter 737 - Decorations and Awards
Sec. 7278 - Medal of honor; distinguished-service cross; distinguished-service medal; silver star: availability of appropriations

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Citation 10 U.S.C. § 7278 (2018)
Section Name §7278. Medal of honor; distinguished-service cross; distinguished-service medal; silver star: availability of appropriations
Section Text

The Secretary of the Army may spend, from any appropriation for contingent expenses of the Department of the Army, amounts necessary to provide medals and devices under sections 7271, 7272, 7273, 7274, 7276, 7277, and 7282 of this title.

Source Credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 217, §3748; renumbered §7278 and amended Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §§808(b)(11), 809(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1838, 1840.)

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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
3748 10:1424. July 9, 1918, ch. 143 (13th par. under "Ordnance Department"), 40 Stat. 871.

The word "amounts" is substituted for the words "so much as may be". The word "provide" is substituted for the words "defray the cost of". The words "medals and devices under" are substituted for the words "medals of honor, distinguished-service crosses, distinguished-service medals, bars, rosettes, and other devices provided for in". The words "from time to time" are omitted as surplusage.

AMENDMENTS

2018—Pub. L. 115–232, §809(a), substituted "sections 7271, 7272, 7273, 7274, 7276, 7277, and 7282" for "sections 3741, 3742, 3743, 3744, 3746, 3747, and 3752".

Pub. L. 115–232, §808(b)(11), renumbered section 3748 of this title as this section.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2018 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, 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 B - Army
PART II - PERSONNEL
CHAPTER 737 - DECORATIONS AND AWARDS
Sec. 7278 - Medal of honor; distinguished-service cross; distinguished-service medal; silver star: availability of appropriations
Contains section 7278
Date 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 40 Stat. 871
132 Stat. 1838
Public Law References Public Law 115-232
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