2020 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle D - Air Force and Space Force
Part II - Personnel
Chapter 937 - Decorations and Awards
Sec. 9275 - Medal of honor; Air Force cross; distinguished-service medal: delegation of power to award
| 10 U.S.C. § 9275 (2020) | ||||||
| §9275. Medal of honor; Air Force cross; distinguished-service medal: delegation of power to award | ||||||
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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, or to an equivalent commander of a separate space force or higher unit in the field. |
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(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 541, §8745; Pub. L. 86–593, §1(3), July 6, 1960, 74 Stat. 332; renumbered §9275, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §806(b)(11), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1833; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, §923(c)(12)(B), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3811.) |
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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". AMENDMENTS2021—Pub. L. 116–283 inserted before period at end ", or to an equivalent commander of a separate space force or higher unit in the field". 2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 8745 of this title as this section. 1960—Pub. L. 86–593 substituted "Air Force cross" for "distinguished-service cross" in section catchline and in text. 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 D - Air Force and Space Force PART II - PERSONNEL CHAPTER 937 - DECORATIONS AND AWARDS Sec. 9275 - Medal of honor; Air Force cross; distinguished-service medal: delegation of power to award |
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| 40 Stat. 872 74 Stat. 332 132 Stat. 1833 134 Stat. 3811 |
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| Public Law 86-593, Public Law 115-232, Public Law 116-283 |
