14 USC § 2733 - Medal of honor: duplicate medal

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identifier: "/us/usc/t14/s2733"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "14 USC § 2733 - Medal of honor: duplicate medal"
title_number: 14
title_name: "COAST GUARD"
section_number: "2733"
section_name: "Medal of honor: duplicate medal"
chapter_number: 27
chapter_name: "PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "AWARDS"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title V, § 553(d)(1)(A), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1116, § 504; renumbered § 2733, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 116(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4226; amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXV [LXXXV], § 8505(a)(26), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4749.)"
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# § 2733. Medal of honor: duplicate medal

An individual awarded a medal of honor shall, upon written application of that individual, 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 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(d)(1)(A), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1116, § 504; renumbered § 2733, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 116(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4226; amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXV [LXXXV], § 8505(a)(26), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4749.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2021— substituted “An individual” for “A person” and “that individual” for “that person”.

2018— renumbered  as this section.