United States Code of Law for the Medal of Honor
Medal of Honor Authority Statutes:
10 USC 3741 for Army Personnel:
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10 USC Sec. 3741
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TITLE 10 - ARMED FORCES
Subtitle B - Army
PART II - PERSONNEL / CHAPTER 357 - DECORATIONS AND AWARDS
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Sec. 3741. Medal of honor: award
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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 Army, distinguished himself
conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty -
(1) while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States;
(2) while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign force; or
(3) 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.
Sec 3744. Medal of Honor Limitations
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10 USC Sec. 3744
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TITLE 10 - ARMED FORCES
Subtitle B - Army
PART II - PERSONNEL CHAPTER 357 - DECORATIONS AND AWARDS
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Sec. 3744. Medal of honor; distinguished-service cross; distinguished-service medal: limitations on award
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(a) No more than one medal of honor, distinguished-service cross, or distinguished-service medal may be
awarded to a person. However, for each succeeding act that would otherwise justify the award of such a
medal or cross, the President may award a suitable bar or other device to be worn as he directs.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (d), no medal of honor, distinguished-service cross, distinguished-
      service medal, or device in place thereof, may be awarded to a person unless -
      (1) the award is made within three years after the date of the act justifying the award;
      (2) a statement setting forth the distinguished service and recommending official recognition of it was made
            within two years after the distinguished service; and
      (3) it appears from records of the Department of the Army that the person is entitled to the award.
(c) No medal of honor, distinguished-service cross, distinguished-service medal, or device in place thereof, may
      be awarded or presented to a person whose service after he distinguished himself has not been honorable.
(d) If the Secretary of the Army determines that -
      (1) a statement setting forth the distinguished service and recommending official recognition of it was made
            and supported by sufficient evidence within two years after the distinguished service; and:
      (2) no award was made, because the statement was lost or through inadvertence the recommendation was not acted on;
            a medal of honor, distinguished-service cross, distinguished-service medal, or device in place thereof, as the case
            may be, may be awarded to the person concerned within two years after the date of that determination.