14 USC § 2742 - Honorable subsequent service as condition to award

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title: "14 USC § 2742 - Honorable subsequent service as condition to award"
title_number: 14
title_name: "COAST GUARD"
section_number: "2742"
section_name: "Honorable subsequent service as condition to award"
chapter_number: 27
chapter_name: "PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "AWARDS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 536, § 497; Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 13, 70A Stat. 624; Pub. L. 111–281, title II, § 224(c)(3), Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 2922; renumbered § 2742, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 116(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4226; Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXV [LXXXV], § 8506(g), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4752.)"
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# § 2742. Honorable subsequent service as condition to award

No medal of honor, Coast Guard cross, distinguished service medal, silver star medal, distinguished flying cross, Coast Guard medal, or emblem, or insignia in lieu thereof shall be awarded or presented to any individual, or to the representative of any individual, whose entire service subsequent to the time of the acts resulting in the consideration of such award shall not in the opinion of the Commandant have been honorable.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 536, § 497; Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 13, 70A Stat. 624; Pub. L. 111–281, title II, § 224(c)(3), Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 2922; renumbered § 2742, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 116(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4226; Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXV [LXXXV], § 8506(g), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4752.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

This section makes honorable service subsequent to the act for which award is made, a condition precedent to granting the award. The Navy has the same statutory condition (see title 34, U.S.C., 1946 ed., § 362). 81st Congress, House Report No. 557.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2021— substituted “of the acts resulting in the consideration of such award” for “he distinguished himself”.

2018— renumbered  as this section.

2010— substituted “Coast Guard cross, distinguished service medal, silver star medal, distinguished flying cross,” for “distinguished service medal, distinguished flying cross,”.

1956—Act , included the distinguished flying cross.