10 U.S.C. § 8299
No medal, cross, or bar, or associated emblem or insignia may be awarded or presented to any person or to his representative if his service after he distinguished himself has not been honorable.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 390, § 6249; renumbered § 8299, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(13), , 132 Stat. 1836.)
| Historical and Revision Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 6249 | 34 U.S.C. 362. | Feb. 4, 1919, ch. 14, § 8 (1st proviso), 40 Stat. 1057; renumbered § 10 and amended Aug. 7, 1942, ch. 551, § 1, 56 Stat. 745. |
| 34 U.S.C. 364a (last 31 words of 3d sentence). | July 2, 1926, ch. 721, § 12 (last 31 words of 3d sentence), 44 Stat. 789, July 30, 1937, ch. 545, § 4, 50 Stat. 549. | |
The word “associated” is substituted for the word “other” to relate the medal or cross to its emblem or insignia. The word “entire” is omitted as surplusage.
A prior section 8299, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 511; , Pub. L. 85–155, title III, § 301(10), title IV, § 401(1), 71 Stat. 387, 390; , Pub. L. 85–861, § 33(a)(21), 72 Stat. 1565; , Pub. L. 89–609, § 1(29), 80 Stat. 854; , Pub. L. 90–130, § 1(27)(A), 81 Stat. 382, provided that promotion-list officers be promoted to regular grades of captain, major, and lieutenant colonel, after specified length of service or without regard to length of service in view of actual or anticipated vacancies if Secretary of Air Force so directs, or be eliminated from active list under section 8303 of this title and a promotion-list officer who has twice been considered and not recommended for promotion to any one regular grade not be again considered for promotion under this section, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 96–513, title II, § 204, , 94 Stat. 2880, effective . See sections 631 and 632 of this title.
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 6249 of this title as this section.
Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.