10 USC 8305: Commemorative or special medals: facsimiles and ribbons
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10 USC 8305: Commemorative or special medals: facsimiles and ribbons Text contains those laws in effect on November 20, 2024
From Title 10-ARMED FORCESSubtitle C-Navy and Marine CorpsPART II-PERSONNELCHAPTER 837-DECORATIONS AND AWARDS
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§8305. Commemorative or special medals: facsimiles and ribbons

Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy, members of the naval service may wear, in place of commemorative or special medals awarded to them, miniature facsimiles of such medals and ribbons symbolic of the awards.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 391 , §6255; renumbered §8305, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §807(b)(13), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836 .)

Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
6255 34 U.S.C. 358a. Apr. 25, 1935, ch. 82, 49 Stat. 162 .

The words "members of the naval service may" are substituted for the words "That authority is hereby granted to personnel of the Navy and Marine Corps" for clarity.


Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 8305, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 516 ; Aug. 21, 1957, Pub. L. 85–155, title III, §301(14), 71 Stat. 388 ; Nov. 8, 1967, Pub. L. 90–130, §1(27)(E), 81 Stat. 382 , related to promotion of officers in regular grade of lieutenant colonel to grade of colonel, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 96–513, title II, §204, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2880 , effective Sept. 15, 1981. See section 619 et seq. of this title.

Amendments

2018-Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 6255 of this title as this section.


Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment 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.