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[CITE: 14USC493]

 
                          TITLE 14--COAST GUARD
 
                       PART I--REGULAR COAST GUARD
 
   CHAPTER 13--PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS
 
Sec. 493. Coast Guard medal

    The President may present, but not in the name of Congress, a medal 
to be known as the Coast Guard medal, of appropriate design, with 
accompanying ribbon, together with a rosette or other device to be worn 
in lieu thereof, to any person who, while serving in any capacity with 
the Coast Guard, distinguishes himself by heroism not involving actual 
conflict with an enemy.

(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 535.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    This section establishes a new medal to be known as the Coast Guard 
Medal, which is intended to be a parallel award to the Navy and Marine 
Corps Medal of the Navy, to be awarded under the same circumstances as 
that medal is awarded to personnel of the Navy (see title 34, U.S.C., 
1946 ed., Sec. 356b). 81st Congress, House Report No. 557.
