U.S. Code, Title 10, Armed Forces

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§ 3745. Medal of Honor; Distinguished-Service Cross; Distinguished-Service Medal: Delegation of Power to Award

     The President may delegate his authority to award the medal of honor, distinguished-service cross, and distinguished-service medal, to a commanding general of a separate army or higher unit in the field.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 216.)

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3745      10:1410.      July 9, 1918, ch. 143 (16th par., less words after semicolon, under "Ordnance Department"), 40 Stat. 872.

     The words "under such conditions, regulations, and limitations as he shall prescribe" are omitted as surplusage. The words "his authority" are substituted for the words "the power conferred upon him by sections 1403, 1406–1408, 1409–1412, 1416, 1420, 1422, 1423, and 1424 of this title".

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Chicago: "U.S. Congress, Office of the Law Revision Counsel", "§ 3745. Medal of Honor; Distinguished-Service Cross; Distinguished-Service Medal: Delegation of Power to Award," U.S. Code, Title 10, Armed Forces in U.S. Code, Title 10, Armed Forces (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 2002), Original Sources, accessed April 25, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=HF76UQU36QUHLZV.

MLA: "U.S. Congress, Office of the Law Revision Counsel". "§ 3745. Medal of Honor; Distinguished-Service Cross; Distinguished-Service Medal: Delegation of Power to Award." U.S. Code, Title 10, Armed Forces, in U.S. Code, Title 10, Armed Forces, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 2002, Original Sources. 25 Apr. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=HF76UQU36QUHLZV.

Harvard: "U.S. Congress, Office of the Law Revision Counsel", '§ 3745. Medal of Honor; Distinguished-Service Cross; Distinguished-Service Medal: Delegation of Power to Award' in U.S. Code, Title 10, Armed Forces. cited in 2002, U.S. Code, Title 10, Armed Forces, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.. Original Sources, retrieved 25 April 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=HF76UQU36QUHLZV.