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[CITE: 14USC501]

 
                          TITLE 14--COAST GUARD
 
                       PART I--REGULAR COAST GUARD
 
   CHAPTER 13--PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS
 
Sec. 501. Replacement of medals

    In those cases where a medal, or a bar, emblem, or insignia in lieu 
thereof, awarded pursuant to this chapter has been lost, destroyed, or 
rendered unfit for use without fault or neglect on the part of the 
person to whom it was awarded, such medal, or bar, emblem, or insignia 
in lieu thereof, shall be replaced without charge, or, in the discretion 
of the Secretary, upon condition that the Government is reimbursed for 
the cost thereof.

(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 537.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    This section provides for the replacement of medals. It follows the 
established practice of the other armed forces, but makes an additional 
provision that the Secretary in his discretion may charge for the 
replacement medals in some circumstances. (See title 10, U.S.C., 1946 
ed., Sec. 1416 and title 34, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 359.) 81st Congress, 
House Report No. 557.
