§50312 — Title 34 Navy | U.S. Code

Summary

A federal agency head may nominate a federal law enforcement officer in their agency for a Federal Law Enforcement Badge if the officer did a brave act. The officer qualifies if they were hurt while doing lawful duties and the agency head calls the act brave and the injury put them at personal risk, or if they were not hurt but did a brave act that put them at risk of serious physical injury or death. Each nomination must include seven things: a written account (no more than 2 pages) explaining what happened and how it meets the rules; the nominee’s full name; home address; the agency they served in when the act happened; their job title and rank or grade; their field office address at that time; and the number of 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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