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[CITE: 10USC6248]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle C--Navy and Marine Corps
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
                   CHAPTER 567--DECORATIONS AND AWARDS
 
Sec. 6248. Limitations of time

    (a) Except as provided in section 6246 of this title or subsection 
(b), no medal of honor, Navy cross, distinguished-service medal, silver 
star medal, Navy and Marine Corps Medal, or bar, emblem, or insignia in 
place thereof may be awarded to a person unless--
        (1) the award is made within five years after the date of the 
    act or service justifying the award; and
        (2) a statement setting forth the act or distinguished service 
    and recommending official recognition of it was made by his superior 
    through official channels within three years from the date of that 
    act or service.

    (b) If the Secretary of the Navy determines that--
        (1) a statement setting forth the act or distinguished service 
    and recommending official recognition of it was made by the person's 
    superior through official channels within three years from the date 
    of that act or service and was supported by sufficient evidence 
    within that time; and
        (2) no award was made, because the statement was lost or through 
    inadvertence the recommendation was not acted on;

a medal of honor, Navy cross, distinguished-service medal, silver star 
medal, Navy and Marine Corps Medal, or bar, emblem, or insignia in place 
thereof, as the case may be, may be awarded to the person within two 
years after the date of that determination.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 390; Pub. L. 86-582, Sec. 1(2), July 
5, 1960, 74 Stat. 320.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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6248..................................  34 U.S.C. 360.                       Fe
b. 4, 1919, ch. 14, Sec.  7, 40
                                                                              S
tat. 1056; renumbered Sec.  9 and
                                                                              a
mended Aug. 7, 1942, ch. 551,
                                                                              S
ec.  1, 56 Stat. 744.
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    The words ``Except as provided in section 6246 of this title'' are 
substituted for the words ``That except as otherwise prescribed herein'' 
to identify the only exception. The words ``may be awarded to a person'' 
are substituted for the words ``shall be issued to any person'' for 
uniformity. The words ``specific'', ``or report distinctly'', and ``at 
the time of'' are omitted as surplusage. The words ``bar, emblem, or 
insignia'' are substituted for the words ``or bar or other suitable 
emblem or insignia'' for uniformity. The words ``from the date of that 
act or service'' are substituted for the word ``thereafter''.


                               Amendments

    1960--Pub. L. 86-582 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), 
inserted ``or subsection (b)'' after ``title'', and added subsec. (b).
