Honorable subsequent service as condition to award

  1. Law
  2. USC 14
  3. Coast Guard
  4. PERSONNEL
  5. PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS
  6. AWARDS
  7. Honorable subsequent service as condition to award

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§2742. Honorable subsequent service as condition to award

No medal of honor, Coast Guard cross, distinguished service medal, silver star medal, distinguished flying cross, Coast Guard medal, or emblem, or insignia in lieu thereof shall be awarded or presented to any individual, or to the representative of any individual, whose entire service subsequent to the time he distinguished himself shall not in the opinion of the Commandant have been honorable.

(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 536 , §497; Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, §13, 70A Stat. 624 ; Pub. L. 111–281, title II, §224(c)(3), Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 2922 ; renumbered §2742, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, §116(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4226 .)

Historical and Revision Notes

This section makes honorable service subsequent to the act for which award is made, a condition precedent to granting the award. The Navy has the same statutory condition (see title 34, U.S.C., 1946 ed., §362). 81st Congress, House Report No. 557.


Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018-Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 497 of this title as this section.

2010-Pub. L. 111–281 substituted "Coast Guard cross, distinguished service medal, silver star medal, distinguished flying cross," for "distinguished service medal, distinguished flying cross,".

1956-Act Aug. 10, 1956, included the distinguished flying cross.


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