<section xmlns="http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" style="-uslm-lc:I80" id="id15946182-8160-11e9-8f35-c624b526f388" identifier="/us/usc/t34/s50311"><num value="50311">§ 50311.</num><heading> Authorization of a Badge</heading><content>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">The Attorney General may award, and a Member of Congress or the Attorney General may present, in the name of Congress a Federal Law Enforcement Congressional Badge of Bravery to a Federal law enforcement officer who is cited by the Attorney General, upon the recommendation of the Federal Board, for performing an act of bravery while in the line of duty.</p>
</content><sourceCredit id="id15946183-8160-11e9-8f35-c624b526f388">(<ref href="/us/pl/110/298/tI/s101">Pub. L. 110–298, title I, § 101</ref>, <date date="2008-07-31">July 31, 2008</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/122/2986">122 Stat. 2986</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I76" topic="codification" id="id15946185-8160-11e9-8f35-c624b526f388"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Codification</heading>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Section was formerly classified to <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s15241">section 15241 of Title 42</ref>, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.</p>
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