§80504 — Title 49 Transportation | U.S. Code

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The President can give a bronze bravery medal to someone who risks their life to stop or save a person in a serious accident involving interstate rail travel or a motor vehicle on public roads. The medal may be awarded only after enough proof is submitted under rules the President sets. The President can also provide a matching ribbon or a small knot or rosette to wear instead. The President decides their design. If a ribbon is lost or ruined and the recipient was not at fault, a replacement must be issued free. Money available to the Secretary of Transportation may pay for these awards.

Title 49, §80504

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(a)The President may prepare and give a bronze medal of honor with emblematic devices to an individual who by extreme daring endangers that individual’s life in trying to prevent, or save the life of another in, a grave accident in the United States involving a rail carrier providing transportation in interstate commerce or involving a motor vehicle on the public streets, roads, or highways. The President may give a medal only when sufficient evidence that the individual deserves the medal has been filed under regulations prescribed by the President.

(b)The President may give an individual who receives a medal a ribbon to be worn with the medal and a knot or rosette to be worn in place of the medal. The President shall prescribe the design for the ribbon, knot, and rosette. If the ribbon is lost, destroyed, or made unfit for use and the individual receiving the medal is not negligent, the President shall issue a new ribbon without charge to the individual.

(c)Appropriations made to the Secretary of Transportation are available to carry out this section.

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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 80504(a)49 App.:1201.Feb. 23, 1905, ch. 744, § 1, 33 Stat. 743; June 13, 1957, Pub. L. 85–50, § 1(1), 71 Stat. 69. 80504(b)49 App.:1202.Feb. 23, 1905, ch. 744, § 2, 33 Stat. 743. 80504(c)49 App.:1203.Feb. 23, 1905, ch. 744, § 3, 33 Stat. 743; restated June 13, 1957, Pub. L. 85–50, § 1(2), 71 Stat. 69. 49 App.:1655(e)(3).Oct. 15, 1966, Pub. L. 89–670, § 6(e)(3), 80 Stat. 939. In subsection (a), the words “may prepare and give” are substituted for “is authorized to cause to be prepared . . . which shall be bestowed” for clarity. The word “suitable” is omitted as surplus. The word “individual” is substituted for “persons” because it is more precise. The words “trying to prevent, or save the life of another in” are substituted for “in saving, or endeavoring to save, lives . . . or in preventing or endeavoring to prevent” to eliminate unnecessary words. The words “grave accident” are substituted for “wreck, disaster, or grave accident” because they are inclusive. The words “rail carrier providing transportation in interstate commerce” are substituted for “railroad . . . engaged in interstate commerce” for consistency in the revised title. The words “The President may give a medal only when” are substituted for “Provided, That no award of said medal shall be made to any person until” for clarity. The word “filed” is substituted for “furnished and placed on file” to eliminate unnecessary words. In subsection (b), the words “and the individual receiving the medal is not negligent” are substituted for “without fault or neglect on the part of the person to whom it was issued” to eliminate unnecessary words. The words “the President shall issue” are substituted for “shall be issued” for clarity. In subsection (c), the words “to the Secretary of Transportation” are substituted for “for the Department of Transportation” because of 49:102(b).

§80504 Medals of Honor

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Title 49, §80504

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