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14 U.S.C. § 2747 — Awards and insignia for excellence in service or conduct
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The Coast Guard may award trophies, badges, and cash prizes to Coast Guard personnel or groups thereof, including personnel of the reserve components thereof whether or not on active duty, for excellence in accomplishments related to Coast Guard service, to incur such expenses as may be necessary to enter such personnel in competitions, and to provide badges or buttons in recognition of special service, good conduct, and discharge under conditions other than dishonorable.
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The Coast Guard may award trophies, badges, and cash prizes to Coast Guard personnel or groups thereof, including personnel of the reserve components thereof whether or not on active duty, for excellence in accomplishments related to Coast Guard service, to incur such expenses as may be necessary to enter such personnel in competitions, and to provide badges or buttons in recognition of special service, good conduct, and discharge under conditions other than dishonorable.
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
This section was transferred to [section 502(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section502/b&num=0&edition=prelim) by Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXII, § 7201(d), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1677.
#### Prior Provisions
A prior section 503 was renumbered [section 2747 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section2747&num=0&edition=prelim).
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TITLE 14—COAST GUARD
§ 2761
als, bars, emblems, or insignia to which such
personnel may be entitled under other provi-
sions of law.
(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 537, § 502; renum-
bered § 2746, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 116(b), Dec.
4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4226.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
This section insures that the preceding sections are
not intended to prevent Coast Guard military personnel
from receiving other medals, the legion of merit, for
example. 81st Congress, House Report No. 557.
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 502 of this
title as this section.
Executive Documents
MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL
Medal established as an award for outstanding meri-
torious achievement or service to the United States,
see Ex. Ord. No. 11448, Jan. 16, 1969, 34 F.R. 915, as
amended, set out as a note preceding section 1121 of
Title 10, Armed Forces.
§ 2747. Awards and insignia for excellence in
service or conduct
The Coast Guard may award trophies, badges,
and cash prizes to Coast Guard personnel or
groups thereof, including personnel of the re-
serve components thereof whether or not on ac-
tive duty, for excellence in accomplishments re-
lated to Coast Guard service, to incur such ex-
penses as may be necessary to enter such per-
sonnel in competitions, and to provide badges or
buttons in recognition of special service, good
conduct, and discharge under conditions other
than dishonorable.
(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 537, § 503; renum-
bered § 2747, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 116(b), Dec.
4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4226.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on the following language contained in the
Coast Guard appropriation act for 1949, ‘‘Pay and Al-
lowances’’ and preceding years: ‘‘not exceeding $10,000
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