14 USC § 2746 - Award of other medals

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title: "14 USC § 2746 - Award of other medals"
title_number: 14
title_name: "COAST GUARD"
section_number: "2746"
section_name: "Award of other medals"
chapter_number: 27
chapter_name: "PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "AWARDS"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 537, § 502; renumbered § 2746, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 116(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4226.)"
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# § 2746. Award of other medals

Coast Guard personnel, notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, may be awarded medals, bars, emblems, or insignia to which such personnel may be entitled under other provisions of law.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 537, § 502; renumbered § 2746, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 116(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4226.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

This section insures that the preceding sections are not intended to prevent Coast Guard military personnel from receiving other medals, the legion of merit, for example. 81st Congress, House Report No. 557.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

## Executive Documents

### Meritorious Service Medal

Medal established as an award for outstanding meritorious achievement or service to the United States, see Ex. Ord. No. 11448, , 34 F.R. 915, as amended, set out as a note preceding , Armed Forces.