§ 1131.
The decoration known as the Purple Heart (authorized to be awarded pursuant to Executive Order 11016) may only be awarded to a person who is a member of the armed forces at the time the person is killed or wounded under circumstances otherwise qualifying that person for award of the Purple Heart.
(Added [Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title V, § 571(a)(1)], Nov. 18, 1997, [111 Stat. 1756].)