Source: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/46/51907
Timestamp: 2014-08-22 10:04:49
Document Index: 567149205

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 51907', '§ 51907', '§ 51907', '§ 8', '§ 3510', '§ 3523', '§ 5', '§ 3523', '§ 3510', '§ 3523', '§ 3510', '§ 3510', '§ 3523']

46 U.S. Code § 51907 - Provision of decorations, medals, and replacements | LII / Legal Information Institute
U.S. Code › Title 46 › Subtitle V › Part B › Chapter 519 › § 51907 46 U.S. Code § 51907 - Provision of decorations, medals, and replacements
The Secretary of Transportation may provide—
the decorations and medals authorized by this chapter and replacements for those decorations and medals; and
replacements for decorations and medals issued under a prior law.
(Pub. L. 109–304, § 8(b),Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1585; Pub. L. 109–163, div. C, title XXXV, § 3510,Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3557; Pub. L. 110–181, div. C, title XXXV, § 3523(a)(5)(A), (b),Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 599, 600.)
Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 51907
46 App.:2004(c).
Pub. L. 100–324, § 5(c), May 30, 1988, 102 Stat. 577.
The Secretary’s authority to provide decorations and medals at cost, or to authorize the sale of decorations and medals at reasonable prices, is restated to apply only to replacement awards because Congress probably did not intend that recipients being honored would pay for their decorations and medals.
2008—Pub. L. 110–181, § 3523(b), repealed Pub. L. 109–163, § 3510. See 2006 Amendment note below.
Pub. L. 110–181, § 3523(a)(5)(A), incorporated the substance of the amendment by Pub. L. 109–163, § 3510, into this section by amending section catchline and text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Secretary of Transportation may—
“(1) authorize private persons to manufacture decorations and medals authorized under this chapter or a prior law; and
“(2) provide at cost, or authorize private persons to sell at reasonable prices, replacements for those decorations and medals.”
See 2006 Amendment note below and section 18(a) ofPub. L. 109–304, set out as a Legislative Purpose and Construction note preceding section 101 of this title.
2006—Pub. L. 109–163, § 3510, which directed the amendment of section 2004(c) of the former Appendix to this title from which this section was derived, was repealed by Pub. L. 110–181, § 3523(b). See 2008 Amendment notes and Historical and Revision notes above.