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| LegalText | 10 U.S.C. § 8300 | Posthumous awards | us | united_states_code | code_section | 10 | ARMED FORCES | 837 | DECORATIONS AND AWARDS | 8300 | 10 U.S.C. § 8300 | current | 119-100 | 2026-06-26 | official | https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc10@119-100.zip | /us/usc/t10/s8300 | data/legal/raw/us/code/title-10/usc10.xml | b624def67a6962c0ffd5e65fa34765e758a52b3ebddfa296241de5292e772b1e | 06a2679d38355c44f4219c983fdad34009233205d6ba271593a4c1b17a739ec1 | b1a00631ae86105f1cb0e228db9e106b02df6be6db743044d28e0dee90799f4e | 2026-07-04 | official |
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10 U.S.C. § 8300 - Posthumous awards
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If a person who distinguishes himself dies before an award to which he is entitled is made, the award may be made and the medal, cross, or bar, or associated emblem or insignia may be presented, within five years from the date of the act or service justifying the award, to his representative as designated by the President.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 390, § 6250; renumbered § 8300, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(13), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)
Notes
Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 625034 U.S.C. 363.Feb. 4, 1919, ch. 14, § 8 (less 1st and 2d provisos), 40 Stat. 1057; renumbered § 10 and amended Aug. 7, 1942, ch. 551, § 1, 56 Stat. 745. 34 U.S.C. 364a (3d sentence, less last 31 words).July 2, 1926, ch. 721, § 12 (3d sentence, less last 31 words), 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.
Editorial Notes
Prior ProvisionsA prior section 8300, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 513; Aug. 21, 1957, Pub. L. 85–155, title III, § 301(11), 71 Stat. 388; July 12, 1960, Pub. L. 86–616, § 6(2), 74 Stat. 391; Nov. 8, 1967, Pub. L. 90–130, § 1(27)(B), 81 Stat. 382, provided for selection board procedure when promotion-list officers in regular grade of first lieutenant, captain, or major are to be considered for promotion under section 8299 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 96–513, title II, § 204, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2880, effective Sept. 15, 1981. See section 611 et seq. of this title.
Amendments2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 6250 of this title as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, 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.