10 U.S.C. § 7285 — Medal of honor: presentation of Medal of

Page 3023 TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES § 7286 Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2018 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title. § 7284. Medal of honor: duplicate medal A person awarded a medal of honor shall, upon written application of that person, be issued, without charge, one duplicate medal of honor with ribbons and appurtenances. Such duplicate medal of honor shall be marked, in such manner as the Secretary of the Army may determine, as a duplicate or for display purposes only. (Added Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title V, § 553(a)(1)(A), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1115, § 3754; renumbered § 7284, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(b)(11), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1838.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 3754 of this title as this section. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2018 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title. § 7285. Medal of honor: presentation of Medal of Honor Flag The President shall provide for the presen- tation of the Medal of Honor Flag designated under section 903 of title 36 to each person to whom a medal of honor is awarded under section 7271 of this title. Presentation of the flag shall be made at the same time as the presentation of the medal under section 7271 or 7282(a) of this title. In the case of a posthumous presentation of the medal, the flag shall be presented to the person to whom the medal is presented. (Added Pub. L. 107–248, title VIII, § 8143(c)(1)(A), Oct. 23, 2002, 116 Stat. 1570, § 3755; amended Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title X, § 1062(a)(16), Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2650; Pub. L. 109–364, div. A, title V, § 555(a), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2217; renum- bered § 7285 and amended Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §§ 808(b)(11), 809(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1838, 1840.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2018—Pub. L. 115–232, § 809(a), substituted ‘‘section 7271’’ for ‘‘section 3741’’ and ‘‘section 7271 or 7282(a)’’ for ‘‘section 3741 or 3752(a)’’. Pub. L. 115–232, § 808(b)(11), renumbered section 3755 of this title as this section. 2006—Pub. L. 109–364 struck out ‘‘after October 23, 2002’’ after ‘‘section 3741 of this title’’ and inserted at end ‘‘In the case of a posthumous presentation of the medal, the flag shall be presented to the person to whom the medal is presented.’’ 2002—Pub. L. 107–314 substituted ‘‘October 23, 2002’’ for ‘‘the date of the enactment of this section’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2018 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title. PRESENTATION OF FLAG FOR PRIOR RECIPIENTS OF MEDAL OF HONOR Pub. L. 109–364, div. A, title V, § 555(b), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2217, provided that: ‘‘(1) LIVING RECIPIENTS.—The President shall provide for the presentation of the Medal of Honor Flag as ex- peditiously as possible after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 17, 2006] to each living recipient of the Medal of Honor who has not already received a Medal of Honor Flag. ‘‘(2) SURVIVORS OF DECEASED RECIPIENTS.—In the case of presentation of the Medal of Honor Flag for a recipi- ent of the Medal of Honor who was awarded the Medal of Honor before the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 17, 2006] and who is deceased as of such date (or who dies after such date and before the presentation re- quired by paragraph (1)), the President shall provide for posthumous presentation of the Medal of Honor Flag, upon written application therefor, to the primary liv- ing next of kin, as determined under regulations or pro- cedures prescribed by the Secretary of Defense for the purposes of this paragraph (and notwithstanding the amendments made by paragraph (2) of subsection (a) [amending this section]). ‘‘(3) MEDAL OF HONOR FLAG.—In this subsection, the term ‘Medal of Honor Flag’ means the flag designated under section 903 of title 36, United States Code.’’ § 7286. Korea Defense Service Medal (a) The Secretary of the Army shall issue a campaign medal, to be known as the Korea De- fense Service Medal, to each person who while a member of the Army served in the Republic of Korea or the waters adjacent thereto during the KDSM eligibility period and met the service re- quirements for the award of that medal pre- scribed under subsection (c). (b) In this section, the term ‘‘KDSM eligibility period’’ means the period beginning on July 28, 1954, and ending on such date after the date of the enactment of this section as may be deter- mined by the Secretary of Defense to be appro- priate for terminating eligibility for the Korea Defense Service Medal. (c) The Secretary of the Army shall prescribe service requirements for eligibility for the Korea Defense Service Medal. Those require- ments shall not be more stringent than the serv- ice requirements for award of the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for instances in which the award of that medal is authorized. (Added Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title V, § 543(b)(1), Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2549, § 3755; renumbered § 3756, Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title X, § 1084(d)(28), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 2063; renumbered § 7286, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(b)(11), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1838.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT The date of the enactment of this section, referred to in subsec. (b), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 107–314, which was approved Dec. 2, 2002. PRIOR PROVISIONS Prior sections 7291 to 7294 were renumbered sections 8661 to 8664 of this title, respectively.