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[CITE: 10USC6246]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle C--Navy and Marine Corps
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
                   CHAPTER 567--DECORATIONS AND AWARDS
 
Sec. 6246. Navy and Marine Corps Medal

    (a) The President may award a medal called the ``Navy and Marine 
Corps Medal'' of appropriate design with accompanying ribbon, together 
with a rosette or other device to be worn in place thereof--
        (1) to any person who, while serving in any capacity with the 
    Navy or the Marine Corps, distinguishes himself by heroism not 
    involving actual conflict with an enemy; or
        (2) to any person to whom the Secretary of the Navy, before 
    August 7, 1942, awarded a letter of commendation for heroism, and 
    who applies for that medal, regardless of the date of the act of 
    heroism.

    (b) The authority in subsection (a) includes authority to award the 
medal to a member of the Ready Reserve who was not in a duty status 
defined in section 101(d) of this title when the member distinguished 
himself by heroism.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 390; Pub. L. 105-85, div. A, title 
V, Sec. 574(b), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1758.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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6246..................................  34 U.S.C. 356b.                      Fe
b. 4, 1919, ch. 14, Sec.  5;
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dded Aug. 7, 1942, ch. 551, Sec.
                                                                              1
, 56 Stat. 744.
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    The word ``award'' is substituted for the word ``present'' to cover 
the determination of the recipient as well as the actual presenting of 
the award. The words ``but not in the name of Congress'' are omitted 
since a decoration is presented in the name of Congress only if the law 
so directs. The words ``including the Naval Reserve and Marine Corps 
Reserve'' are omitted as covered by the definitions of the Navy and the 
Marine Corps. The last sentence, relating to additional pay, is omitted 
for the reason that, under the Career Compensation Act of 1949 (37 
U.S.C. 231 et seq.), there is no additional pay authorized for any 
medal. The words ``since December 6, 1941'' are omitted as executed. The 
words ``or herself'' are omitted as covered by the rules of construction 
in 1 U.S.C. 1.


                               Amendments

    1997--Pub. L. 105-85 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) 
and added subsec. (b).

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 6248 of this title.
