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10 U.S.C. § 8298

Limitations of time

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

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10 U.S.C. § 8298, Limitations of time, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/435677
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Except as provided in section 8296 of this title or subsection (b), no medal of honor, Navy cross, distinguished-service medal, silver star medal, Navy and Marine Corps Medal, or bar, emblem, or insignia in place thereof may be awarded to a person unless— If the Secretary of the Navy determines that—

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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 The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.