§50312 — Title 34 Navy | U.S. Code

§50312 Nominations

Title 34 › Subtitle Subtitle V— - Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Personnel › Chapter CHAPTER 503— - LAW ENFORCEMENT CONGRESSIONAL BADGE OF BRAVERY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT CONGRESSIONAL BADGE OF BRAVERY › § 50312

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

A head of a federal agency can nominate one of their federal law enforcement officers for a Federal Law Enforcement Badge if the officer showed bravery. That can be an officer who was physically hurt while doing lawful duties and was put at personal risk, as the agency head says, or an officer who was not hurt but did something the agency head calls brave that put them at risk of serious injury or death. The nomination must include a written narrative (no more than 2 pages) and the nominee’s full name, home mailing address, agency, job title and grade or rank, field office address on the date of the act, and years of government service as of that date. The agency head must send the nomination to the Office by February 15 of the year after the act.

Title 34, §50312

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(a)A Federal agency head may nominate for a Federal Law Enforcement Badge an individual—

(1)who is a Federal law enforcement officer working within the agency of the Federal agency head making the nomination; and

(2)who—

(A)(i)sustained a physical injury while—

(I)engaged in the lawful duties of the individual; and

(II)performing an act characterized as bravery by the Federal agency head making the nomination; and

(ii)put the individual at personal risk when the injury described in clause (i) occurred; or

(B)while not injured, performed an act characterized as bravery by the Federal agency head making the nomination that placed the individual at risk of serious physical injury or death.

(b)A nomination under subsection (a) shall include—

(1)a written narrative, of not more than 2 pages, describing the circumstances under which the nominee performed the act of bravery described in subsection (a) and how the circumstances meet the criteria described in such subsection;

(2)the full name of the nominee;

(3)the home mailing address of the nominee;

(4)the agency in which the nominee served on the date when such nominee performed the act of bravery described in subsection (a);

(5)the occupational title and grade or rank of the nominee;

(6)the field office address of the nominee on the date when such nominee performed the act of bravery described in subsection (a); and

(7)the number of years of Government service by the nominee as of the date when such nominee performed the act of bravery described in subsection (a).

(c)A Federal agency head shall submit each nomination under subsection (a) to the Office not later than February 15 of the year following the date on which the nominee performed the act of bravery described in subsection (a).

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 15242 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

§50312 Nominations

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