Title 14, Coast GuardRelease 119-102
§2742 Honorable Subsequent Service as Condition to Award
Title 14 › SUBTITLE II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 27 — PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS › SUBCHAPTER II — AWARDS › § 2742
Summary
Top medals or equivalent emblems must not be awarded to anyone whose service after the acts was not judged honorable by the Commandant, including awards given to a person's representative.
Full Legal Text
Title 14, §2742
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No medal of honor, Coast Guard cross, distinguished service medal, silver star medal, distinguished flying cross, Coast Guard medal, or emblem, or insignia in lieu thereof shall be awarded or presented to any individual, or to the representative of any individual, whose entire service subsequent to the time of the acts resulting in the consideration of such award shall not in the opinion of the Commandant have been honorable.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
This section makes honorable service subsequent to the act for which award is made, a condition precedent to granting the award. The Navy has the same statutory condition (see title 34, U.S.C., 1946 ed., § 362). 81st Congress,
House Report No. 557
.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2021—Pub. L. 116–283 substituted “of the acts resulting in the consideration of such award” for “he distinguished himself”. 2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 497 of this title as this section. 2010—Pub. L. 111–281 substituted “Coast Guard cross, distinguished service medal, silver star medal, distinguished flying cross,” for “distinguished service medal, distinguished flying cross,”. 1956—Act Aug. 10, 1956, included the distinguished flying cross.
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Citation
14 U.S.C. § 2742
Title 14, Coast Guard
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102