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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · S. 4049 (Reported in Senate) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military c... · Sec. 551

Sec. 551. Award or presentation of decorations favorably recommended following determination on merits of proposals for decorations not previously submitted in a timely fashion

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