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Title 22
Chapter 38
§ 2708. Department of State rewa...
§ 2709. Special agents...
§ 2708. Department of State rewa...
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Notes
§ 2708a.
Award of Thomas Jefferson Star for Foreign Service
(a)
Authority to award
The President, upon the recommendation of the Secretary, may award a Thomas Jefferson Star for Foreign Service to any member of the Foreign Service or any other civilian employee of the Government of the United States who, while employed at, or assigned permanently or temporarily to, an official mission overseas or while traveling abroad on official business, incurred a wound or other injury or an illness (whether or not the wound, other injury, or illness resulted in death)—
(1)
as the person was performing official duties;
(2)
as the person was on the premises of a United States mission abroad; or
(3)
by reason of the person’s status as a United States Government employee.
(b)
Selection criteria
(c)
Award in the event of death
(d)
Form of award
(e)
Funding
(
Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841
, title I, § 36A, as added
Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(7) [div. A, title III, § 321]
,
Nov. 29, 1999
,
113 Stat. 1536
, 1501A–436; amended
Pub. L. 107–228, div. A, title III, § 311
,
Sept. 30, 2002
,
116 Stat. 1377
.)
cite as:
22 USC 2708a
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