2021 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle C - Navy and Marine Corps
Part II - Personnel
Chapter 837 - Decorations and Awards
Sec. 8305 - Commemorative or special medals: facsimiles and ribbons
10 U.S.C. § 8305 (2021) | ||||||
§8305. Commemorative or special medals: facsimiles and ribbons | ||||||
Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy, members of the naval service may wear, in place of commemorative or special medals awarded to them, miniature facsimiles of such medals and ribbons symbolic of the awards. |
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(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 391, §6255; renumbered §8305, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §807(b)(13), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.) |
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The words "members of the naval service may" are substituted for the words "That authority is hereby granted to personnel of the Navy and Marine Corps" for clarity. EDITORIAL NOTES PRIOR PROVISIONS A prior section 8305, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 516; Aug. 21, 1957, Pub. L. 85–155, title III, §301(14), 71 Stat. 388; Nov. 8, 1967, Pub. L. 90–130, §1(27)(E), 81 Stat. 382, related to promotion of officers in regular grade of lieutenant colonel to grade of colonel, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 96–513, title II, §204, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2880, effective Sept. 15, 1981. See section 619 et seq. of this title. AMENDMENTS2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 6255 of this title as this section. STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES 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. |
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United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 10 - ARMED FORCES | ||||||
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Title 10 - ARMED FORCES Subtitle C - Navy and Marine Corps PART II - PERSONNEL CHAPTER 837 - DECORATIONS AND AWARDS Sec. 8305 - Commemorative or special medals: facsimiles and ribbons |
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section 8305 | ||||||
2021 | ||||||
January 3, 2022 | ||||||
Yes | ||||||
standard | ||||||
49 Stat. 162 71 Stat. 388 81 Stat. 382 94 Stat. 2880 132 Stat. 1836 |
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Public Law 85-155, Public Law 90-130, Public Law 96-513, Public Law 115-232 |