§8303 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary of the Navy can replace, free of charge, certain top medals and their bars, emblems, or insignia. That includes the Medal of Honor, Navy Cross, Distinguished‑Service Medal, Silver Star, and Navy and Marine Corps Medal if they were lost, stolen, destroyed, or became unfit through no fault of the person who received them and were awarded under this chapter.

Title 10, §8303

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The Secretary of the Navy may replace without charge any medal of honor, Navy cross, distinguished-service medal, silver star medal, or Navy and Marine Corps Medal, or any associated bar, emblem, or insignia awarded under this chapter that is stolen, lost, or destroyed or becomes unfit for use without fault or neglect on the part of the person to whom it was awarded.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 625334 U.S.C. 359 (proviso).Feb. 4, 1919, ch. 14, § 6 (proviso), 40 Stat. 1056; renumbered § 8 and amended Aug. 7, 1942, ch. 551, § 1, 56 Stat. 744. The words “Secretary of the Navy may replace” are substituted for the words “Provided, That such replacement shall be made only in those cases where”.

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Prior Provisions

A prior section 8303, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 514; Aug. 21, 1957, Pub. L. 85–155, title III, § 301(13), 71 Stat. 388;

July 12, 1960, Pub. L. 86–616, § 6(3), 74 Stat. 391;

June 28, 1962, Pub. L. 87–509, § 4(a), 76 Stat. 121; Nov. 8, 1967, Pub. L. 90–130, § 1(27)(D), 81 Stat. 382, related to effect of failure of a promotion-list officer considered for promotion to grade of captain, major, or lieutenant colonel under section 8299 of this title to be recommended for promotion, which officer was to be known as a “deferred officer”, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 96–513, title II, § 204, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2880, effective Sept. 15, 1981. See section 631 and 632 of this title.

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 6253 of this title as this section. 2001—Pub. L. 107–107 substituted “stolen, lost, or destroyed” for “lost or destroyed”.

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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.

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