Expanding Eligibility for Certain Military Decorations and Awards, 60541-60543 [2022-21911]

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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 193 (Thursday, October 6, 2022)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 60541-60543]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-21911]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 193 / Thursday, October 6, 2022 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Executive Order 14085 of October 3, 2022

                
Expanding Eligibility for Certain Military 
                Decorations and Awards

                By the authority vested in me as President and as 
                Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the United 
                States by the Constitution and the laws of the United 
                States of America, the following Executive Orders are 
                amended as follows:

                Section 1. Amendments to Executive Order 9158. 
                Executive Order 9158 of May 11, 1942 (Air Medal), as 
                amended by Executive Order 9242-A of September 11, 1942 
                (Amending Executive Order No. 9158 of May 11, 1942, to 
                Provide that the Air Medal May Be Awarded to Persons 
                Serving with the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast 
                Guard of the United States), is further amended as 
                follows:

                    (a) The first paragraph is amended--

(i) by striking ``Army and Navy'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``Armed 
Forces'';

(ii) by striking ``any person'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``those 
individuals'';

(iii) by inserting ``Air Force, Space Force,'' after ``Marine Corps,''; and

(iv) by striking ``distinguishes, or has distinguished, himself'' and 
inserting in lieu thereof ``distinguish, or have distinguished, 
themselves''.

                    (b) The second paragraph is amended--

(i) by amending the first sentence to read as follows: ``The Air Medal and 
appurtenances thereto shall be of appropriate design approved by the 
Secretary of Defense and, under such regulations as the Secretaries of the 
military departments may prescribe, may be awarded by the Secretary of the 
Army, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the Air Force, or the 
Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard when it is 
not operating as a service in the Navy, or by such commanding officers of 
the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Space Force, or Coast Guard as the 
said Secretaries may respectively designate.''; and

(ii) in the second sentence, by striking ``his jurisdiction'' and inserting 
in lieu thereof ``the jurisdiction of the Navy''.

                    (c) The following new paragraph is added at the end 
                of the Executive Order: ``The regulations of the 
                Secretaries of the military departments concerned with 
                respect to the award of the Air Medal shall, so far as 
                practicable, be uniform and shall be subject to the 
                approval of the Secretary of Defense.''.

                Sec. 2. Amendments to Executive Order 8809. Executive 
                Order 8809 of June 28, 1941 (Good Conduct Medal), as 
                amended by Executive Order 9323 of March 31, 1943 
                (Amendment of Executive Order No. 8809 of June 28, 
                1941, Establishing the Good Conduct Medal), and 
                Executive Order 10444 of April 10, 1953 (Amendment of 
                Executive Order No. 8809 of June 28, 1941, Establishing 
                the Good Conduct Medal, As Amended by Executive Order 
                No. 9323 of March 31, 1943), is further amended--

                    (a) by striking ``men'' and inserting in lieu 
                thereof ``members'';
                    (b) by inserting ``and on or after December 20, 
                2019, in the case of the United States Space Force,'' 
                after ``August 27, 1940,'';
                    (c) by inserting ``and on or after December 20, 
                2019, in the case of the United States Space Force,'' 
                after ``December 7, 1941,''; and

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                    (d) by inserting ``, and on or after December 20, 
                2019, in the case of the United States Space Force'' 
                after ``June 27, 1950''.

                Sec. 3. Amendments to Executive Order 10694. Paragraph 
                1 of Executive Order 10694 of January 10, 1957 
                (Authorizing the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air 
                Force to Issue Citations in the Name of the President 
                of the United States to Military and Naval Units for 
                Outstanding Performance in Action), is amended by 
                inserting ``, and on or after December 20, 2019, in the 
                case of the Space Force'' after ``or the Air Force''.

                Sec. 4. Amendments to Executive Order 11046. Paragraph 
                1 of Executive Order 11046 of August 24, 1962 
                (Authorizing Award of the Bronze Star Medal), is 
                amended--

                    (a) by striking ``Transportation'' and inserting in 
                lieu thereof ``Homeland Security'';
                    (b) by striking ``any person'' and inserting in 
                lieu thereof ``those individuals'';
                    (c) by inserting ``Space Force,'' after ``Air 
                Force,''; and
                    (d) by striking ``distinguishes, or has 
                distinguished, himself'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
                ``distinguish, or have distinguished, themselves''.

                Sec. 5. Amendments to Executive Order 13830. Executive 
                Order 13830 of April 20, 2018 (Delegation of Authority 
                to Approve Certain Military Decorations), is amended as 
                follows:

                    (a) The paragraph preceding section 1 is amended--

(i) by striking ``3742, 3743, 3746, 3749, 3750, 6242, 6243, 6244, 6245, 
6246, 8742, 8743, 8746, 8749, and 8750'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
``7272, 7273, 7276, 7279, 7280, 8292, 8293, 8294, 8295, 8296, 9272, 9273, 
9276, 9279, 9280, and 9280a''; and

(ii) by striking ``491a, 492, 492a, 492b, and 493'' and inserting in lieu 
thereof ``2735, 2736, 2737, 2738, and 2739''.

                    (b) Section 1 is amended--

(i) by striking ``any person'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``those 
individuals'';

(ii) by inserting ``Space Force,'' after ``Air Force,''; and

(iii) by striking ``distinguishes himself or herself'' and inserting in 
lieu thereof ``distinguish themselves''.

                    (c) Section 2 is amended--

(i) by striking ``any person'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``those 
individuals'';

(ii) by inserting ``Space Force,'' after ``Air Force,''; and

(iii) by striking ``distinguishes himself or herself'' and inserting in 
lieu thereof ``distinguish themselves''.

                    (d) Section 3 is amended by inserting ``Space 
                Force,'' after ``Air Force,''.
                    (e) Section 4 is amended--

(i) in paragraph (a)--

  (A) by striking ``any member'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``members''; 
and

  (B) by striking ``has distinguished himself or herself'' and inserting in 
lieu thereof ``distinguish themselves''; and

(ii) in paragraph (c), by striking ``his''.

                    (f) Section 5(a) is amended--

(i) by striking ``any eligible person'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
``eligible persons''; and

(ii) by striking ``distinguishes himself or herself'' and inserting in lieu 
thereof ``distinguish themselves''.

                    (g) Section 6(a) is amended--

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(i) by striking ``any person'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``those 
individuals''; and

(ii) by striking ``distinguishes himself or herself'' and inserting in lieu 
thereof ``distinguish themselves''.

                Sec. 6. Amendments to Executive Order 11545. Executive 
                Order 11545 of July 9, 1970 (Establishing the Defense 
                Distinguished Service Medal), is amended as follows:

                    (a) Section 1 is amended by striking ``military 
                officer'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``member of the 
                Armed Forces of the United States''.
                    (b) Section 2 is amended by striking ``he'' and 
                inserting in lieu thereof ``the Secretary''.

                Sec. 7. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order 
                shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or 
the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

                    (b) This order shall be implemented consistent with 
                applicable law and subject to the availability of 
                appropriations.
                    (c) This order is not intended to, and does not, 
                create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, 
                enforceable at law or in equity by any party against 
                the United States, its departments, agencies, or 
                entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any 
                other person.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    October 3, 2022.

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