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[CITE: 10USC3751]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                            Subtitle B--Army
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
                   CHAPTER 357--DECORATIONS AND AWARDS
 
Sec. 3751. Service medals: issue; replacement; availability of 
        appropriations
        
    (a) The Secretary of the Army shall procure, and issue without 
charge to any person entitled thereto, any service medal authorized for 
members of the Army after May 12, 1928, and any ribbon, clasp, star, or 
similar device prescribed as a part of that medal.
    (b) Under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, any medal 
or other device issued under subsection (a) that is lost, destroyed, or 
becomes unfit for use, without fault or neglect of the owner, may be 
replaced at cost. However, if the owner is a member of the Army or the 
Air Force, the medal or device may be replaced without charge.
    (c) The Secretary may spend, from any appropriation for the support 
of the Army, amounts necessary to provide medals and devices under this 
section.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 217.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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3751(a)...............................  10:1415a (less 21st through 30th     Ma
y 12, 1928, ch. 528, Secs.  1
                                         words, and less clauses (a)          (
less 25th through 34th words, and
                                         through (n)).                        l
ess clauses (a) through (n)), 2
                                        10:1415b (less applicability to       (
less applicability to Sec.  1
3751(b)...............................   10:1415a (clauses (a) through        c
lauses (a) through (n)), 3 (less
                                         (n)).                                a
pplicability to Sec.  1 (clauses
                                        10:1415c (less applicability to       (
a) through (n)), 45 Stat. 500.
3751(c)...............................   10:1415a (clauses (a) through
                                         (n)).
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    In subsection (a), 10:1415a (proviso) is omitted as surplusage, 
since the revised section is not limited to persons who are members of 
the Army at the time of the issue.
    In subsection (b), the words ``member of the Army or the Air Force'' 
are substituted for the words ``persons in the military service of the 
United States''.
    In subsection (c), the last 16 words are substituted for 10:1415c 
(last 16 words).


              Issuance of Certain Other Medals and Devices

    Section 33 of act Aug. 10, 1956, provided that:
    ``(a) The Secretary of the Army shall procure, and issue without 
charge to any person entitled thereto, the following service medals, and 
any ribbon, clasp, star, or similar device prescribed as a part of that 
medal:
        ``(1) Civil War campaign medal;
        ``(2) Indian campaign medal;
        ``(3) Spanish campaign medal;
        ``(4) Spanish War service medal;
        ``(5) Cuban occupation medal;
        ``(6) Puerto Rico occupation medal;
        ``(7) Philippine campaign medal;
        ``(8) Philippine Congressional medal;
        ``(9) China campaign medal;
        ``(10) Cuban pacification medal;
        ``(11) Mexican service medal;
        ``(12) Mexican border service medal;
        ``(13) Victory medal and clasps; and
        ``(14) fourragere as an individual decoration.
    ``(b) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, any medal or 
other device issued under subsection (a) that is lost, destroyed, or 
becomes unfit for use, without fault or neglect of the owner, may be 
replaced at cost. However, if the owner is a member of the Army or the 
Air Force, the medal or device may be replaced without charge.
    ``(c) The Secretary may spend, from any appropriation for the 
support of the Army, amounts necessary to provide medals and devices 
under this section.
    ``(d) If a person dies before a medal or device is presented to him 
under subsection (a), it may be presented to his family.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 3752 of this title.
