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10 U.S.C. § 9282 — Medals: posthumous award and presentation
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**(a)** If a person dies before the award of a medal of honor, distinguished-service cross, distinguished-service medal, distinguished flying cross, or device in place thereof, to which he is entitled, the award may be made and the medal or device presented to his representative, as designated by the President.
**(b)** If a person dies before an authorized service medal or device prescribed as a part thereof is presented to him under [section 9281 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section9281&num=0&edition=prelim), it shall be presented to his family.
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**(a)** If a person dies before the award of a medal of honor, distinguished-service cross, distinguished-service medal, distinguished flying cross, or device in place thereof, to which he is entitled, the award may be made and the medal or device presented to his representative, as designated by the President.
**(b)** If a person dies before an authorized service medal or device prescribed as a part thereof is presented to him under [section 9281 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section9281&num=0&edition=prelim), it shall be presented to his family.
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**(a)** The Secretary of the Air Force shall procure, and issue without charge to any person entitled thereto, any service medal authorized for members of the Air Force or the Space Force after September 26, 1947, and any ribbon, clasp, star, or similar device prescribed as a part of that medal.
**(b)** Under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, any medal or other device issued under subsection (a) that is lost, destroyed, or becomes unfit for use without fault or neglect of the owner, may be replaced at cost. However, if the owner is a member of the Air Force or the Space Force, the medal or device may be replaced without charge.
**(c)** The Secretary may spend, from any appropriation for the support of the Air Force or the Space Force, amounts necessary to provide medals and devices under this section.
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**(a)** The Secretary of the Navy and, by direction of the Secretary, the Chief of Naval Research and the chiefs of bureaus may, without advertising, make contracts or amendments or modifications of contracts for services and materials necessary to conduct research and to make or secure reports, tests, models, or apparatus. A contractor supplying such services or materials need not be required to furnish a bond.
**(b)** This section does not authorize the use of the cost-plus-a-percentage-of-cost system of contracting.
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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) In General.—** The following definitions apply in this title:
(1) The term “United States”, in a geographic sense, means the States and the District of Columbia.
(2) Repealed. Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title X, § 1057(a)(1), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3440.]
(3) The term “possessions” includes the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Guano Islands, so long as they remain possessions, but does not include any Commonwealth.
(4) The term “armed forces” means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard.
(5) The term “uniformed services” means—
(A) the armed forces;
(B) the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and
(C) the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service.
(6) The term “department”, when used with respect to a military department, means the executive part of the department and all field headquarters, forces, reserve components, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of the department. When used with respect to the Department of Defense, such term means the executive part of the department, including the executive parts of the military departments, and all field headquarters, forces, reserve components, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of Defense, including those of the military departments.
(7) The term “executive part of the department” means the executive part of the Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Department of the Navy, or Department of the Air Force, as the case may be, at the seat of government.
(8) The term “military departments” means the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force.
(9) The term
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 9282
(2) The authority in paragraph (1) includes au-
thority to award the medal to a member of the
Ready Reserve who was not in a duty status de-
fined in section 101(d) of this title when the
member distinguished himself by heroism.
(b) Not more than one Airman’s Medal may be
awarded to a person. However, for each suc-
ceeding act that would otherwise justify the
award of such a medal, the President may award
a suitable bar or other device to be worn as he
directs.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 542, § 8750; Pub.
L. 86–593, § 1(6), July 6, 1960, 74 Stat. 332; Pub. L.
105–85, div. A, title V, § 574(c), Nov. 18, 1997, 111
Stat. 1758; renumbered § 9280, Pub. L. 115–232, div.
A, title VIII, § 806(b)(11), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat.
1833; Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title V, § 521(k)(2),
Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 1882.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
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Source (Statutes at Large)
8750(a) .....
10:1428 (less last sen-
tence).
July 2, 1926, ch. 721, § 11,
44 Stat. 789.
8750(b) .....
10:1428 (last sentence).
The words ‘‘Under such rules and regulations as he
may prescribe’’ are omitted, since the President has in-
herent authority to issue regulations appropriate to ex-
ercising his functions. The words ‘‘but not in the name
of Congress’’ are omitted as surplusage, since a medal
is presented in the name of Congress only if the law so
directs. The word ‘‘award’’ is substituted for the word
‘‘present’’ to cover the determination of the recipients
as well as the actual presentation of the medal. The
words ‘‘a decoration called’’ are substituted for the
words ‘‘a medal to be known as’’. The words ‘‘including
the National Guard and the Organized Reserves’’ are
omitted as surplusage. The
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