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Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 -> 59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun, verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make legal-us-code default now covers every title. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "LegalText"
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title: "42 U.S.C. § 15201"
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description: "Authorization of Medal"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 42
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title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
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chapter_number: "145"
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chapter_name: "PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER MEDAL OF VALOR AND TRIBUTES"
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section: "15201"
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citation: "42 U.S.C. § 15201"
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status: "current"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc42@119-100.zip"
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---
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# 42 U.S.C. § 15201 - Authorization of Medal
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## Text
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After September 1, 2001, the President may award, and present in the name of Congress, a Medal of Valor of appropriate design, with ribbons and appurtenances, to a public safety officer who is cited by the Attorney General, upon the recommendation of the Medal of Valor Review Board, for extraordinary valor above and beyond the call of duty. The Public Safety Medal of Valor shall be the highest national award for valor by a public safety officer.
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(Pub. L. 107–12, § 2, May 30, 2001, 115 Stat. 20.)
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## Notes
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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Short TitlePub. L. 107–12, § 1, May 30, 2001, 115 Stat. 20, provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter and amending section 2214 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade] may be cited as the ‘Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Act of 2001’.”
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