The Secretary of the Navy may replace without charge any medal of honor, Navy cross, distinguished-service medal, silver star medal, or Navy and Marine Corps Medal, or any associated bar, emblem, or insignia awarded under this chapter that is stolen, lost, or destroyed or becomes unfit for use without fault or neglect on the part of the person to whom it was awarded.
Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 104170A Stat. 391Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title V, § 553(b)(2)115 Stat. 1116Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(13)132 Stat. 1836(, , § 6253; , , ; renumbered § 8303, , , .)
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Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
6253 | 34 U.S.C. 359 (proviso). | Feb. 4, 1919, ch. 14, § 6 (proviso), 40 Stat. 1056; renumbered § 8 and amended Aug. 7, 1942, ch. 551, § 1, 56 Stat. 744. |
“ProvidedThe words “Secretary of the Navy may replace” are substituted for the words , That such replacement shall be made only in those cases where”.
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 104170A Stat. 514Pub. L. 85–155, title III, § 301(13)71 Stat. 388Pub. L. 86–616, § 6(3)74 Stat. 391Pub. L. 87–509, § 4(a)76 Stat. 121Pub. L. 90–130, § 1(27)(D)81 Stat. 382section 8299 of this titlePub. L. 96–513, title II, § 20494 Stat. 2880A prior section 8303, acts , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , , related to effect of failure of a promotion-list officer considered for promotion to grade of captain, major, or lieutenant colonel under to be recommended for promotion, which officer was to be known as a “deferred officer”, prior to repeal by , , , effective . See sections 631 and 632 of this title.
Amendments
Pub. L. 115–232section 6253 of this title2018— renumbered as this section.
Pub. L. 107–1072001— substituted “stolen, lost, or destroyed” for “lost or destroyed”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2018 Amendment
Pub. L. 115–232section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232section 3001 of this titleAmendment by effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .