Title 34, NavyRelease 119-110

§50314 Presentation of Federal Law Enforcement Badges

Title 34 › Subtitle V — Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Personnel › CHAPTER 503 — LAW ENFORCEMENT CONGRESSIONAL BADGE OF BRAVERY › SUBCHAPTER I — FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT CONGRESSIONAL BADGE OF BRAVERY › § 50314

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

A Member of Congress can give a Federal Law Enforcement Badge to a badge recipient who lives in that member’s congressional district. If a Senator and a Representative both want to give the badge, they must do it together. If no Member of Congress does the presentation, the Attorney General or someone the Attorney General picks will give the badge. The presenting Member’s office can set up the ceremony, and joint presenters must make joint arrangements. The Federal Board will help with scheduling when asked and will make arrangements when Members of Congress do not.

Full Legal Text

Title 34, §50314

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(a)Presentation by Member of Congress
A Member of Congress may present a Federal Law Enforcement Badge to any Federal Law Enforcement Badge recipient who resides in such Member’s congressional district. If both a Senator and Representative choose to present a Federal Law Enforcement Badge, such Senator and Representative shall make a joint presentation.
(b)Presentation by Attorney General
If no Member of Congress chooses to present the Federal Law Enforcement Badge as described in subsection (a), the Attorney General, or a designee of the Attorney General, shall present such Federal Law Enforcement Badge.
(c)Presentation arrangements
The office of the Member of Congress presenting each Federal Law Enforcement Badge may make arrangements for the presentation of such Federal Law Enforcement Badge, and if a Senator and Representative choose to participate jointly as described in subsection (a), the Members shall make joint arrangements. The Federal Board shall facilitate any such presentation arrangements as requested by the congressional office presenting the Federal Law Enforcement Badge and shall make arrangements in cases not undertaken by Members of Congress.

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 15244 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

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34 U.S.C. § 50314

Title 34, Navy

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110