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Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73

§1134a Medal of honor: Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard Medal of Honor Roll

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— - General Military Law › Part PART II— - PERSONNEL › Chapter CHAPTER 57— - DECORATIONS AND AWARDS › § 1134a

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Each military department (the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and the department that oversees the Coast Guard) must keep a list called the "Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard Medal of Honor Roll." They must put on that list the name of every person who served on active duty and was awarded a Medal of Honor under sections 7271, 8291, or 9271 of Title 10 or section 2732 of Title 14. Every living person whose name is added gets a certificate saying they are on the roll. The military department must send a certified copy of that certificate to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs so the VA can pay the special pension authorized by section 1562 of Title 38.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §1134a

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(a)There shall be in the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, the Department of the Air Force, and the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating a roll designated as the “Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard Medal of Honor Roll”.
(b)The Secretary concerned shall enter and record on the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard Medal of Honor Roll the name of each person who has served on active duty in the armed forces and who has been awarded a medal of honor pursuant to section 7271, 8291, or 9271 of this title or section 2732 of title 14.
(c)Each living person whose name is entered on the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard Medal of Honor Roll shall be issued a certificate of enrollment on the roll.
(d)The Secretary concerned shall deliver to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs a certified copy of each certificate of enrollment issued under subsection (c). The copy of the certificate shall authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay the special pension provided by section 1562 of title 38 to the person named in the certificate.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2023—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 118–31 substituted “section 2732 of title 14” for “section 491 of title 14”. 2018—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 115–232 substituted “section 7271, 8291, or 9271” for “section 3741, 6241, or 8741”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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.

Effective Date

Pub. L. 113–66, div. A, title V, § 563(d), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 768, provided that: “The

Amendments

made by this section [enacting this section, amending section 1562 of Title 38, Veterans’ Benefits, and repealing section 1560 and 1561 of Title 38] shall apply with respect to Medals of Honor awarded on or after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 26, 2013].”

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 1134a

Title 10 — Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73