§9278 Medal of honor; Air Force cross; distinguished-service cross; distinguished-service medal; silver star: availability of appropriations

Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 874810:1424.July 9, 1918, ch. 143 (13th par. under “Ordnance Department”), 40 Stat. 871. The word “amounts” is substituted for the words “so much as may be”. The word “provides” is substituted for the words “defray the cost of”. The words “medals and devices under” are substituted for the words “medals of honor, distinguished-service crosses, distinguished-service medals, bars, rosettes, and other devices provided for in”. The words “from time to time” are omitted as surplusage.

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 8748 of this title as this section and substituted “section 9271, 9272, 9273, 9274, 9276, 9277, and 9282” for “section 8741, 8742, 8743, 8744, 8746, 8747, and 8752”. 1960—Pub. L. 86–593 inserted “Air Force cross” in section catchline.

of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of

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.