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10 U.S.C. 1133: Bronze Star: limitation on persons eligible to receive

Created in 2000 by the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (Public Law 106-398). Changed by 1 later law. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    2011

    • Pub. L. 111–383 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "The decoration known as the 'Bronze Star' may only be awarded to a member of the armed forces who is in receipt of special pay under section 310 of title 37 at the time of the events for which the decoration is to… (Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011) Law text

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