Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102

§9278 Medal of Honor; Air Force Cross; Distinguished-service Cross; Distinguished-service Medal; Silver Star: Availability of Appropriations

Title 10 › Subtitle D — Air Force and Space Force › PART II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 937 — DECORATIONS AND AWARDS › § 9278

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Air Force can use money from any Air Force contingent‑expense fund to buy the medals and devices named in sections 9271, 9272, 9273, 9274, 9276, 9277, and 9282.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §9278

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The Secretary of the Air Force may spend, from any appropriation for contingent expenses of the Department of the Air Force, amounts necessary to provide medals and devices under section 9271, 9272, 9273, 9274, 9276, 9277, and 9282 of this title.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

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.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

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.

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.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

10 U.S.C. § 9278

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102