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 Ill STAT. 1758 PUBLIC LAW 105-85 —NOV. 18, 1997 in the case of each individual concerning whom the Secretary of the Navy (or an officer of the Navy acting on behalf of the Secretary) submitted to the Committee on National Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate, before the date of the enactment of this Act, a notice as provided in section 1130(b) of title 10, United States Code, that the award of the Distinguished Flying Cross to that individual is warranted and that a waiver of time restrictions prescribed by law for recommendation for such award is recommended. SEC. 574. CLARIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY OF MEMBERS OF READY RESERVE FOR AWARD OF SERVICE MEDAL FOR HEROISM. (a) SOLDIER'S MEDAL. —Section 3750(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting "(1)" after "(a)"; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(2) The authority in paragraph (1) includes authority to award the medal to a member of the Ready Reserve who was not in a duty status defined in section 101(d) of this title when the member distinguished himself by heroism.". (b) NAVY AND MARINE CORPS MEDAL. —Section 6246 of such title is amended— (1) by designating the text of the section as subsection (a); and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(b) The authority in subsection (a) includes authority to award the medal to a member of the Ready Reserve who was not in a duty status defined in section 101(d) of this title when the member distinguished himself by heroism.". (c) AIRMAN'S MEDAL. —Section 8750(a) of such title is amended— (1) by inserting "(1)" after "(a)"; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(2) The authority in paragraph (1) includes authority to award the medal to a member of the Ready Reserve who was not in a duty status defined in section 101(d) of this title when the member distinguished himself by heroism.". SEC. 575. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF PERIOD FOR RECEIPT OF REC- OMMENDATIONS FOR DECORATIONS AND AWARDS FOR CERTAIN MILITARY INTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL. Section 523(b)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (Public Law 104-106; 110 Stat. 311; 10 U.S.C. 1130 note) is amended by striking out "during the one-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act" and inserting in lieu thereof "during the period beginning on February 10, 1996, and ending on February 9, 1998". 10 USC 1130 SEC. 576. ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN WORLD WAR II MILITARY note. ORGANIZATIONS FOR AWARD OF UNIT DECORATIONS. (a) AUTHORITY.—^A unit decoration may be awarded for any unit or other organization of the Armed Forces (such as the Military Intelligence Service of the Army) that (1) supported the planning or execution of combat operations during World War II primarily through unit personnel who were attached to other units of the Armed Forces or of other allied armed forces, and (2) is not otherwise eligible for award of the decoration by reason of not usually having been deployed as a unit in support of such operations.

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