10 USC § 9284 - Medal of honor: duplicate medal

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s9284"
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title: "10 USC § 9284 - Medal of honor: duplicate medal"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "9284"
section_name: "Medal of honor: duplicate medal"
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"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title V, § 553(c)(1)(A), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1116, § 8754; renumbered § 9284, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 806(b)(11), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1833.)"
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# § 9284. Medal of honor: duplicate medal

A person awarded a medal of honor shall, upon written application of that person, be issued, without charge, one duplicate medal of honor with ribbons and appurtenances. Such duplicate medal of honor shall be marked, in such manner as the Secretary of the Air Force may determine, as a duplicate or for display purposes only.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title V, § 553(c)(1)(A), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1116, § 8754; renumbered § 9284, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 806(b)(11), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1833.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

## 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 .