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title: "10 U.S.C. § 1131"
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description: "Purple Heart: limitation to members of the armed forces"
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title_number: 10
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title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
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chapter_number: "57"
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chapter_name: "DECORATIONS AND AWARDS"
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section: "1131"
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citation: "10 U.S.C. § 1131"
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# 10 U.S.C. § 1131 - Purple Heart: limitation to members of the armed forces
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## Text
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The decoration known as the Purple Heart (authorized to be awarded pursuant to Executive Order 11016) may only be awarded to a person who is a member of the armed forces at the time the person is killed or wounded under circumstances otherwise qualifying that person for award of the Purple Heart.
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(Added Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title V, § 571(a)(1), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1756.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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References in TextExecutive Order 11016, referred to in text, is Ex. Ord. No. 11016, Apr. 25, 1962, 27 F.R. 4139, which is set out as a note under section 1129 of this title.
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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Effective DatePub. L. 105–85, div. A, title V, § 571(b), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1756, provided that: “Section 1131 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply with respect to persons who are killed or wounded after the end of the 180-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 18, 1997].”
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