Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102
§1921 Establishment of Medals for Bravery; Rules and Regulations; Conditions Governing Awards
Title 42 › CHAPTER 18 — YOUTH MEDALS › § 1921
Summary
DOJ must create a medal and rules for choosing winners and award it to children in US 18 or under risking safety, showing exceptional courage and quick decisive action to save or try to save someone in imminent danger.
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Title 42, §1921
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The Department of Justice be, and it is, authorized and directed to promulgate rules and regulations establishing a medal; the method of selecting such recipient thereof so that an award shall be made to any child residing in the United States, who is eighteen years old or under, who has exhibited exceptional courage, extraordinary decision, presence of mind, and unusual swiftness of action, regardless of his or her own personal safety, in an effort to save or successfully saving the life or lives of any person or persons whose life or lives were in actual imminent danger.
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42 U.S.C. § 1921
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102