Us Code § 1136 - Honorable service requirement for award of military decorations

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§ 1136. Honorable service requirement for award of military decorations

No military decoration, including a medal, cross, or bar, or an associated emblem or insignia, may be awarded or presented to any person, or to a representative of the person, if the service of the person after the person distinguished himself or herself has not been honorable.

(Added Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title V, §582(a)(1), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1411.)

CHAPTER 58—BENEFITS AND SERVICES FOR MEMBERS BEING SEPARATED OR RECENTLY SEPARATED

Sec.
1141.
Involuntary separation defined.
1142.
Preseparation counseling; transmittal of certain records to Department of Veterans Affairs.
1143.
Employment assistance.
[1143a.
Repealed.]
1144.
Employment assistance, job training assistance, and other transitional services: Department of Labor.
1145.
Health benefits.
1146.
Commissary and exchange benefits.
1147.
Use of military family housing.
1148.
Relocation assistance for personnel overseas.
1149.
Excess leave and permissive temporary duty.
1150.
Affiliation with Guard and Reserve units: waiver of certain limitations.
1151.
Retention of assistive technology and services provided before separation.
1152.
Assistance to eligible members and former members to obtain employment with law enforcement agencies.
1153.
Assistance to separated members to obtain employment with health care providers.
1154.
Assistance to eligible members and former members to obtain employment as teachers: Troops-to-Teachers Program.
1155.
Statement of benefits.

        

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2021—Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title X, §1081(a)(26), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3872, added item 1142 and struck out former item 1142 "Preseparation counseling; transmittal of medical records to Department of Veterans Affairs".

2018—Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title V, §§522(b), 553(a)(2), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1756, 1772, added item 1155 and struck out item 1143a "Employment assistance".

2013—Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title V, §541(b)(2), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1735, added item 1154.

2006—Pub. L. 109–364, div. A, title V, §561(b), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2220, added item 1151.

1999—Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title XVII, §1707(a)(2), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 823, struck out item 1151 "Assistance to separated members to obtain certification and employment as teachers or employment as teachers' aides".

1994—Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title V, §542(a)(10), title XI, §1132(a)(2), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2768, 2873, struck out ": Department of Defense" after "assistance" in item 1143 and after "service" in item 1143a and substituted "eligible members and former members" for "separated members" in item 1152.

1993—Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title XIII, §1332(e), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1797, added items 1152 and 1153.

1992—Pub. L. 102–484, div. D, title XLIV, §§4441(a)(2), 4462(a)(2), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2730, 2740, added items 1143a and 1151.

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