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U.S. Code
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TITLE 10 - ARMED FORCES
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Subtitle A—General Military...
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PART II—PERSONNEL (§§ 501 –...
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CHAPTER 57—DECORATIONS AND AWARDS (§§ 1121 – 1135)
CHAPTER 57—DECORATIONS AND AWARDS (§§ 1121 – 1135)
§ 1121. Legion of Merit: award
§ 1122. Medal for Merit: award
§ 1123. Right to wear badges of military societies
§ 1124. Cash awards for disclosures, suggestions, inventions, and scientific achievements
§ 1125. Recognition for accomplishments: award of trophies
§ 1126. Gold star lapel button: eligibility and distribution
§ 1127. Precedence of the award of the Purple Heart
§ 1128. Prisoner-of-war medal: issue
§ 1129. Purple Heart: members killed or wounded in action by friendly fire
§ 1129a. Purple Heart: members killed or wounded in attacks by foreign terrorist organizations
§ 1130. Consideration of proposals for decorations not previously submitted in timely fashion: procedures for review
§ 1131. Purple Heart: limitation to members of the armed forces
§ 1132. Presentation of decorations: prohibition on entering correctional facilities for presentation to prisoners convicted of serious violent felonies
§ 1133. Bronze Star: limitation on persons eligible to receive
§ 1134. Medal of honor: award to individual interred in Tomb of the Unknowns as representative of casualties of a war
§ 1134a. Medal of honor: Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard Medal of Honor Roll
§ 1135. Replacement of military decorations