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10 U.S.C. § 1126

Gold star lapel button: eligibility and distribution

United States · Title 10 — ARMED FORCES · Status: effective

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10 U.S.C. § 1126, Gold star lapel button: eligibility and distribution, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/433253
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A lapel button, to be known as the gold star lapel button, shall be designed, as approved by the Secretary of Defense, to identify next of kin of members of the armed forces— who lost or lose their lives after June 30, 1958— who lost or lose their lives after March 28, 1973, as a result of— In this section:

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.

  • Amended byPub. L. 98-94(S. 675)1983-09-24
    Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1984
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 100-26(H.R. 1783)1987-04-21
    Defense Technical Corrections Act of 1987
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 103-160(H.R. 2401)1993-11-30
    National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994
    House: 273–135Senate: 77–22
  • Amended byPub. L. 116-92(S. 1790)2019-12-20
    National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
    House: 377–48Senate: 86–8