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10 USC § 9278 - Medal of honor; Air Force cross; distinguished-service cross; distinguished-service medal; silver star: availability of appropriations 

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title: "10 USC § 9278 - Medal of honor; Air Force cross; distinguished-service cross; distinguished-service medal; silver star: availability of appropriations"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "9278"
section_name: "Medal of honor; Air Force cross; distinguished-service cross; distinguished-service medal; silver star: availability of appropriations"
chapter_number: 937
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. 541, § 8748; Pub. L. 86–593, § 1(5), July 6, 1960, 74 Stat. 332; renumbered § 9278 and amended Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §§ 806(b)(11), 809(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1833, 1840.)"
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# § 9278. Medal of honor; Air Force cross; distinguished-service cross; distinguished-service medal; silver star: availability of appropriations

The Secretary of the Air Force may spend, from any appropriation for contingent expenses of the Department of the Air Force, amounts necessary to provide medals and devices under sections 9271, 9272, 9273, 9274, 9276, 9277, and 9282 of this title.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 541, § 8748; Pub. L. 86–593, § 1(5), July 6, 1960, 74 Stat. 332; renumbered § 9278 and amended Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §§ 806(b)(11), 809(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1833, 1840.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 8748 | 10:1424. | July 9, 1918, ch. 143 (13th par. under “Ordnance Department”), 40 Stat. 871. |

The word “amounts” is substituted for the words “so much as may be”. The word “provides” is substituted for the words “defray the cost of”. The words “medals and devices under” are substituted for the words “medals of honor, distinguished-service crosses, distinguished-service medals, bars, rosettes, and other devices provided for in”. The words “from time to time” are omitted as surplusage.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section and substituted “sections 9271, 9272, 9273, 9274, 9276, 9277, and 9282” for “sections 8741, 8742, 8743, 8744, 8746, 8747, and 8752”.

1960— inserted “Air Force cross” in section catchline.

## 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 .