10 USC § 8303 - Replacement

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s8303"
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title: "10 USC § 8303 - Replacement"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8303"
section_name: "Replacement"
chapter_number: 837
chapter_name: "DECORATIONS AND AWARDS"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 391, § 6253; Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title V, § 553(b)(2), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1116; renumbered § 8303, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(13), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)"
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# § 8303. Replacement

The Secretary of the Navy may replace without charge any medal of honor, Navy cross, distinguished-service medal, silver star medal, or Navy and Marine Corps Medal, or any associated bar, emblem, or insignia awarded under this chapter that is stolen, lost, or destroyed or becomes unfit for use without fault or neglect on the part of the person to whom it was awarded.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 391, § 6253; Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title V, § 553(b)(2), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1116; renumbered § 8303, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(13), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 6253 | 34 U.S.C. 359 (proviso). | Feb. 4, 1919, ch. 14, § 6 (proviso), 40 Stat. 1056; renumbered § 8 and amended Aug. 7, 1942, ch. 551, § 1, 56 Stat. 744. |

The words “Secretary of the Navy may replace” are substituted for the words , That such replacement shall be made only in those cases where”.

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 8303, acts , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , , related to effect of failure of a promotion-list officer considered for promotion to grade of captain, major, or lieutenant colonel under  to be recommended for promotion, which officer was to be known as a “deferred officer”, prior to repeal by , , , effective . See sections 631 and 632 of this title.

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

2001— substituted “stolen, lost, or destroyed” for “lost or destroyed”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .