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[CITE: 10USC8751]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                          Subtitle D--Air Force
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
                   CHAPTER 857--DECORATIONS AND AWARDS
 
Sec. 8751. Service medals: issue; replacement; availability of 
        appropriations
        
    (a) The Secretary of the Air Force shall procure, and issue without 
charge to any person entitled thereto, any service medal authorized for 
members of the Air Force after September 26, 1947, 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 Air Force, 
the medal or device may be replaced without charge.
    (c) The Secretary may spend, from any appropriation for the support 
of the Air Force, amounts necessary to provide medals and devices under 
this section.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 542.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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8751(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
8751(b)...............................   10:1415a (clauses (a) through        (
clauses (a) through (n))), 3
                                         (n))).                               (
less applicability to Sec.  1
                                        10:1415c (less applicability to       (
clauses (a) through (n))), 45
8751(c)...............................   10:1415a (clauses (a) through        S
tat. 500.
                                         (n))).
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    In subsection (a), the words ``authorized for members of the Air 
Force after September 26, 1947'' are substituted for the words 
``hereafter authorized'', since, under Transfer Order 1, that date was 
the effective date of the transfer of personnel from the Army to the Air 
Force under section 208(e) of the National Security Act of 1947, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. 626c(e)). 10:1415a (proviso) is omitted as surplusage, 
since the revised section is not limited to persons who are members of 
the Air Force at the time of the issue.
    In subsection (b), the words ``member of 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).

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 8752 of this title.
