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10 U.S.C. 1126: Gold star lapel button: eligibility and distribution

Created in 1966 by Public Law 89-534. Changed by 5 later laws. 1 bill in this Congress would change it.

This Congress

  • H.R. 8800 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 · passed house · would change (d)

How it got here

2019

  • Pub. L. 116–92, §581(a)(1), struck out "widows, parents, and" after "identify" in introductory provisions. Law text · (a)
  • Pub. L. 116–92, §581(a)(2), substituted "each" for "the widow and to each parent and". Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 116–92, §581(b), substituted "and without cost." for "and payment of an amount sufficient to cover the cost of manufacture and distribution." Law text · (c)
  • Pub. L. 116–92, §581(a)(3), added par. (1), redesignated pars. (5) to (8) as (2) to (5), respectively, and struck out former pars. (1), (2), (3), and (4) which defined "widow", "parents", "next of kin", and "children", respectively. Law text · (d)

1993

  • Pub. L. 103–160, §1143(a), struck out "of the United States" after "armed forces" in introductory provisions, redesignated cls. (i) to (iii) of par. (2) as subpars. (A) to (C), respectively, and added par. (3). · (a)
  • Pub. L. 103–160, §1143(b), added pars. (7) and (8). · (d), (8)

1987

  • Pub. L. 100–26 substituted colon for dash at end of introductory provisions, inserted "The term" in each par., and substituted periods for semicolons in pars. (1) to (4) and period for "; and" in par. (5). · (d)

1983

  • Pub. L. 98–94 substituted "who" for "Who". · (a)

Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.