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[USC07] 10 USC 9271: Medal of honor: award
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10 USC 9271: Medal of honor: award Text contains those laws in effect on June 18, 2019
§9271. Medal of honor: award
The President may award, and present in the name of Congress, a medal of honor of appropriate design, with ribbons and appurtenances, to a person who, while a member of the Air Force, distinguishes himself conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty-
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 540 , §8741; Pub. L. 88–77, §3(1), July 25, 1963, 77 Stat. 94 ; renumbered §9271, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §806(b)(11), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1833 .)
8741 10:1403. July 9, 1918, ch. 143, (8th par. under "Ordnance Department"), 40 Stat. 870 .
2018-Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 8741 of this title as this section.
1963-Pub. L. 88–77 enlarged the authority to award the medal of honor, which was limited to those cases in which persons distinguished themselves in action involving actual conflict with an enemy, to permit its award for distinguished service while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States, while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign force, or while serving with friendly foreign forces engaged in an armed conflict against an opposing armed force in which the United States is not a belligerent party.