Sec. 563. RECODIFICATION AND REVISION OF ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE, AND COAST GUARD MEDAL OF HONOR ROLL REQUIREMENTS
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## SEC. 563 RECODIFICATION AND REVISION OF ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE, AND COAST GUARD MEDAL OF HONOR ROLL REQUIREMENTS ###
(a)Automatic Enrollment and Furnishing of Certificate ####
(1)In general Chapter 57 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1134 the following new section: > > ## “SEC. 1134a Medal of honor: Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard Medal of Honor Roll > > **[**[10 U.S.C. 1134a](/us/usc/t10/s1134a)**]** > > > ### “(a) Establishment > > There shall be in the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, the Department of the Air Force, and the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating a roll designated as the ‘Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard Medal of Honor Roll’. > > > ### “(b) Enrollment > > The Secretary concerned shall enter and record on the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard Medal of Honor Roll the name of each person who has served on active duty in the armed forces and who has been awarded a medal of honor pursuant to section 3741, 6241, or 8741 of this title or section 491 of title 14. > > > ### “(c) Issuance of Enrollment Certificate > > Each living person whose name is entered on the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard Medal of Honor Roll shall be issued a certificate of enrollment on the roll. > > > ### “(d) Entitlement to Special Pension; Notice to Secretary of Veterans Affairs > > The Secretary concerned shall deliver to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs a certified copy of each certificate of enrollment issued under subsection (c). The copy of the certificate shall authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay the special pension provided by section 1562 of title 38 to the person named in the certificate.” > . ####
(2)Clerical amendment The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1134 the following new item:" “1134a. Medal of honor: Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard Medal of Honor Roll.” ". ###
(b)Special Pension ####
(1)Automatic entitlement Subsection
(a)of section 1562 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— #####
(A)by striking “each person” and inserting “each living person”; #####
(B)by striking “Honor roll” and inserting “Honor Roll”; #####
(C)by striking “subsection
(c)of section 1561 of this title” and inserting “subsection
(d)of section 1134a of title 10”; and #####
(D)by striking “date of application therefor under section 1560 of this title” and inserting “date on which the person’s name is entered on the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard Medal of Honor Roll under subsection
(b)of such section”. ####
(2)Election to decline special pension Such section is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: > > ### “(g) > > > ####
(1)> > A person who is entitled to special pension under subsection
(a)may elect not to receive special pension by notifying the Secretary of such election in writing. > > > #### “(2) > > Upon receipt of an election made by a person under paragraph
(1)not to receive special pension, the Secretary shall cease payments of special pension to the person.” > . ###
(c)Conforming Amendments ####
(1)Repeal of recodified provisions Sections 1560 and 1561 of title 38, United States Code, are repealed. ####
(2)Clerical amendments The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 15 of such title is amended by striking the items relating to sections 1560 and 1561. ###
(d)Application of Amendments **[**[10 U.S.C. 1134a note](/us/usc/t10/s1134a)**]** The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to Medals of Honor awarded on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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Sec. 563
RECODIFICATION AND REVISION OF ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE, AND COAST GUARD MEDAL OF HONOR ROLL REQUIREMENTS
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