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10 U.S.C. § 7273 — Distinguished-service medal: award
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The President may award a distinguished-service medal of appropriate design and a ribbon, together with a rosette or other device to be worn in place thereof, to a person who, while serving in any capacity with the Army, distinguishes himself by exceptionally meritorious service to the United States in a duty of great responsibility.
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The President may award a distinguished-service medal of appropriate design and a ribbon, together with a rosette or other device to be worn in place thereof, to a person who, while serving in any capacity with the Army, distinguishes himself by exceptionally meritorious service to the United States in a duty of great responsibility.
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**(a) Defense Acquisition System.—** In this part, the term “defense acquisition system” means—
(1) the workforce engaged in carrying out the acquisition of property and services for the Department of Defense;
(2) the management structure responsible for directing and overseeing the acquisition of property and services for the Department of Defense; and
(3) the statutory, regulatory, and policy framework that guides the acquisition of property and services for the Department of Defense.
**(b) Element of the Defense Acquisition System.—** In this part, the term “element of the defense acquisition system” means an organization that—
(1) employs members of the acquisition workforce;
(2) carries out acquisition functions; and
(3) focuses primarily on acquisition.
**(c) Acquisition.—** In this part, the term “acquisition” has the meaning provided in [section 131 of title 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section131&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Indirect Cost That Violates a FAR Cost Principle.—** The head of an agency shall require that a covered contract provide that if the contractor submits to the agency a proposal for settlement of indirect costs incurred by the contractor for any period after such costs have been accrued and if that proposal includes the submission of a cost which is unallowable because the cost violates a cost principle in the Federal Acquisition Regulation or applicable agency supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation, the cost shall be disallowed.
**(b) Penalty for Violation of Cost Principle.—**
(1) If the head of the agency determines that a cost submitted by a contractor in its proposal for settlement is expressly unallowable under a cost principle referred to in subsection (a) that defines the allowability of specific selected costs, the head of the agency shall assess a penalty against the contractor in an amount equal to—
(A) the amount of the disallowed cost allocated to covered contracts for which a proposal for settlement of indirect costs has been submitted; plus
(B) interest (to be computed based on provisions in the Federal Acquisition Regulation) to compensate the United States for the use of any funds which a contractor has been paid in excess of the amount to which the contractor was entitled.
(2) **Cost determined to be unallowable before proposal submitted.—** — If the head of the agency determines that a proposal for settlement of indirect costs submitted by a contractor includes a cost determined to be unallowable in the case of such contractor before the submission of such proposal, the head of the agency shall assess a penalty against the contractor in an amount equal to two times the amount of the disallowed cost allocated to covered contract
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 7273
‘‘(1) section 3744, 6248, or 8744 [now 7274, 8298, or 9274]
of title 10, United States Code, as applicable; and
‘‘(2) any regulation or other administrative restric-
tion on—
‘‘(A) the time for awarding the Medal of Honor; or
‘‘(B) the awarding of the Medal of Honor for serv-
ice for which a Distinguished Service Cross, Navy
Cross, or Air Force Cross has been awarded.
‘‘(g) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘Jewish American war veteran’ means any person
who served in the Armed Forces during World War II or
a later period of war and who identified himself or her-
self as Jewish on his or her military personnel
records.’’
REVIEW
REGARDING
UPGRADING
OF
DISTINGUISHED-
SERVICE CROSSES
AND NAVY CROSSES AWARDED
TO
ASIAN-AMERICANS AND NATIVE AMERICAN PACIFIC IS-
LANDERS FOR WORLD WAR II SERVICE
Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title V, § 524, Feb. 10, 1996, 110
Stat. 312, provided that:
‘‘(a) REVIEW
REQUIRED.—(1) The Secretary of the
Army shall review the records relating to each award of
the Distinguished-Service Cross, and the Secretary of
the Navy shall review the records relating to each
award of the Navy Cross, that was awarded to an Asian-
American or a Native American Pacific Islander with
respect to service as a member of the Armed Forces
during World War II. The purpose of the review shall be
to determine whether any such award should be up-
graded to the Medal of Honor.
‘‘(2) If the Secretary concerned determines, based
upon the review under paragraph (1), that such an up-
grade is appropriate in the case of any person, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the President a recommendation
that the President award the Medal of Honor to that
person.
‘‘(b) WAIVER OF TIME LIMITATIONS.—A Medal of Honor
may
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