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10 U.S.C. § 1133 — Bronze Star: limitation on persons eligible to receive
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The decoration known as the “Bronze Star” may only be awarded to a member of a military force who—
(1) at the time of the events for which the decoration is to be awarded, was serving in a geographic area in which special pay is authorized under section 310 or paragraph (1) or (3) of [section 351(a) of title 37](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section351/a&num=0&edition=prelim); or
(2) receives special pay under section 310 or paragraph (1) or (3) of [section 351(a) of title 37](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section351/a&num=0&edition=prelim) as a result of those events.
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The decoration known as the “Bronze Star” may only be awarded to a member of a military force who—
(1) at the time of the events for which the decoration is to be awarded, was serving in a geographic area in which special pay is authorized under section 310 or paragraph (1) or (3) of [section 351(a) of title 37](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section351/a&num=0&edition=prelim); or
(2) receives special pay under section 310 or paragraph (1) or (3) of [section 351(a) of title 37](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section351/a&num=0&edition=prelim) as a result of those events.
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**(a) Eligibility.—** Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, a member of a uniformed service may be paid special pay under subsection (b) for any day or portion of a day in which—
(1) the member was entitled to basic pay or compensation under section 204 or 206 of this title; and
(2) the member—
(A) was subject to hostile fire or explosion of hostile mines;
(B) was on duty in an area in which the member was in imminent danger of being exposed to hostile fire or explosion of hostile mines and in which, during the period the member was on duty in the area, other members of the uniformed services were subject to hostile fire or explosion of hostile mines;
(C) was killed, injured, or wounded by hostile fire, explosion of a hostile mine, or any other hostile action; or
(D) was on duty in a foreign area in which the member was subject to the threat of physical harm or imminent danger on the basis of civil insurrection, civil war, terrorism, or wartime conditions.
**(b) Special Pay Amount.—**
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amount of special pay authorized by subsection (a) for qualifying service during a day or portion of a day shall be the amount equal to 1/30th of the maximum monthly amount of special pay payable to a member as specified in paragraph (3).
(2) In the case of a member who is exposed to hostile fire or a hostile mine explosion event in or for a day or portion of a day, the Secretary concerned may, at the election of the Secretary, pay the member special pay under subsection (a) for such service in an amount not to exceed the maximum monthly amount of special pay payable to a member as specified in paragraph (3).
(3) The maximum monthly amount of special pay payable to a member under this subsection for any mont
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 1135
foreign correctional facility to present a decora-
tion to a person who is incarcerated due to con-
viction of a serious violent felony.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) The term ‘‘decoration’’ means any deco-
ration or award that may be presented or
awarded to a member of the armed forces.
(2) The term ‘‘serious violent felony’’ has the
meaning
given
that
term
in
section
3559(c)(2)(F) of title 18.
(Added Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title V, § 537(a),
Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2019.)
§ 1133. Bronze Star: limitation on persons eligible
to receive
The decoration known as the ‘‘Bronze Star’’
may only be awarded to a member of a military
force who—
(1) at the time of the events for which the
decoration is to be awarded, was serving in a
geographic area in which special pay is au-
thorized under section 310 or paragraph (1) or
(3) of section 351(a) of title 37; or
(2) receives special pay under section 310 or
paragraph (1) or (3) of section 351(a) of title 37
as a result of those events.
(Added Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title V,
§ 541(a)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–114;
amended Pub. L. 111–383, div. A, title V, § 571(a),
Jan. 7, 2011, 124 Stat. 4222.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2011—Pub. L. 111–383 amended section generally. Prior
to amendment, text read as follows: ‘‘The decoration
known as the ‘Bronze Star’ may only be awarded to a
member of the armed forces who is in receipt of special
pay under section 310 of title 37 at the time of the
events for which the decoration is to be awarded or who
receives such pay as a result of those events.’’
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2011 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 111–383, div. A, title V, § 571(c), Jan. 7, 2011, 124
Sta
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