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
10 U.S.C. § 7278 (2018) | ||||||
§7278. Medal of honor; distinguished-service cross; distinguished-service medal; silver star: availability of appropriations | ||||||
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. |
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(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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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. AMENDMENTS2018—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 AMENDMENTAmendment 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. |
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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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section 7278 | ||||||
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40 Stat. 871 132 Stat. 1838 |
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Public Law 115-232 |