34 USC § 50311 - Authorization of a Badge

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identifier: "/us/usc/t34/s50311"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "34 USC § 50311 - Authorization of a Badge"
title_number: 34
title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
section_number: "50311"
section_name: "Authorization of a Badge"
chapter_number: 503
chapter_name: "LAW ENFORCEMENT CONGRESSIONAL BADGE OF BRAVERY"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT CONGRESSIONAL BADGE OF BRAVERY"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 110–298, title I, § 101, July 31, 2008, 122 Stat. 2986.)"
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# § 50311. Authorization of a Badge

The Attorney General may award, and a Member of Congress or the Attorney General may present, in the name of Congress a Federal Law Enforcement Congressional Badge of Bravery to a Federal law enforcement officer who is cited by the Attorney General, upon the recommendation of the Federal Board, for performing an act of bravery while in the line of duty.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 110–298, title I, § 101, July 31, 2008, 122 Stat. 2986.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to , The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.