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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 6248. Limitations of time
(a) Except as provided in section 6246 of this title or
subsection (b), no medal of honor, Navy cross,
distinguished-service medal, silver star medal, Navy and Marine
Corps Medal, or bar, emblem, or insignia in place thereof may be
awarded to a person unless -
(1) the award is made within five years after the date of the
act or service justifying the award; and
(2) a statement setting forth the act or distinguished service
and recommending official recognition of it was made by his
superior through official channels within three years from the
date of that act or service.
(b) If the Secretary of the Navy determines that -
(1) a statement setting forth the act or distinguished service
and recommending official recognition of it was made by the
person's superior through official channels within three years
from the date of that act or service and was supported by
sufficient evidence within that time; and
(2) no award was made, because the statement was lost or
through inadvertence the recommendation was not acted on;
a medal of honor, Navy cross, distinguished-service medal, silver
star medal, Navy and Marine Corps Medal, or bar, emblem, or
insignia in place thereof, as the case may be, may be awarded to
the person within two years after the date of that determination.
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