Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§1133 Bronze Star: Limitation on Persons Eligible to Receive
Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 57 — DECORATIONS AND AWARDS › § 1133
Summary
Only a service member can get the Bronze Star if they meet one of two conditions. They either were serving where special pay is authorized under section 310 or paragraph (1) or (3) of section 351(a) of title 37 when the events happened, or they receive that special pay because of those events.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §1133
Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The decoration known as the “Bronze Star” may only be awarded to a member of a military force who—
(1)at the time of the events for which the decoration is to be awarded, was serving in a geographic area in which special pay is authorized under section 310 or paragraph (1) or (3) of section 351(a) of title 37; or
(2)receives special pay under section 310 or paragraph (1) or (3) of section 351(a) of title 37 as a result of those events.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2011—Pub. L. 111–383 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The decoration known as the ‘Bronze Star’ may only be awarded to a member of the armed forces who is in receipt of special pay under section 310 of title 37 at the time of the events for which the decoration is to be awarded or who receives such pay as a result of those events.”
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 2011 Amendment Pub. L. 111–383, div. A, title V, § 571(c), Jan. 7, 2011, 124 Stat. 4223, provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] applies to the award of the Bronze Star after October 30, 2000.”
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 1133
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102