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§9275 Medal of honor; Air Force cross; distinguished-service medal: delegation of power to award

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle D— - Air Force and Space Force › Part PART II— - PERSONNEL › Chapter CHAPTER 937— - DECORATIONS AND AWARDS › § 9275

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

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Title 10, §9275

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The President may delegate his authority to award the medal of honor, Air Force cross, and distinguished-service medal, to a commanding general of a separate air force or higher unit in the field, or to an equivalent commander of a separate space force or higher unit in the field.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 874510:1410.July 9, 1918, ch. 143 (16th par., less words after semicolon, under “Ordnance Department”), 40 Stat. 872. The words “under such conditions,

Regulations

, and limitations as he shall prescribe” are omitted as surplusage. The words “his authority” are substituted for the words “the power conferred upon him by section 1403, 1406–1408, 1409–1412, 1416, 1420, 1422, 1423, and 1424 of this title”.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2021—Pub. L. 116–283 inserted before period at end “, or to an equivalent commander of a separate space force or higher unit in the field”. 2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 8745 of this title as this section. 1960—Pub. L. 86–593 substituted “Air Force cross” for “distinguished-service cross” in section catchline and in text.

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.

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 9275

Title 10Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73