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[CITE: 14USC499]

 
                          TITLE 14--COAST GUARD
 
                       PART I--REGULAR COAST GUARD
 
   CHAPTER 13--PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS
 
Sec. 499. Delegation of powers to make awards; rules and 
        regulations
        
    The President may delegate to the Secretary, under such conditions, 
regulations, and limitations as he prescribes, the powers conferred upon 
him to make the awards designated in this chapter, and the President may 
make any and all rules, regulations, and orders which he deems necessary 
in the conferring of such awards.

(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 536.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    This section provides for the delegation of powers to make awards to 
the Secretary. The Navy statute provides for such delegation to force 
commanders (see title 34, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 364). 81st Congress, 
House Report No. 557.
