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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · S. 1215 (Introduced in Senate) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for militar... · Sec. 552

Sec. 552. Authority to award or present a decoration following a congressionally requested review

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Section 1130 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— in the section heading, by inserting after and award or presentation ; for review in subsection (a), by striking shall each place it appears and inserting may ; by redesignating subsection
(d)as subsection (e); and by inserting after subsection
(c)the following: A decoration may be awarded or presented following submission of a favorable recommendation for the award or presentation under subsection (b). An award or presentation under paragraph
(1)may not occur before the expiration of a 60-day period for congressional review beginning on the date of submission of the favorable recommendation under subsection
(b)regarding the award or presentation. The authority to make an award or presentation under this subsection shall apply notwithstanding any limitation described in subsection (a). . The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 57 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 1130 and inserting the following: 1130. Consideration of proposals for decorations not previously submitted in timely fashion: procedures for review and award or presentation. .
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