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Cost.

Replacements.

Ship citation.

Plaque.

Prohibition.

Penalty.

Repeals.

Replacements.

PUBLIC LAW 769-JULY 24, 1956

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claimed by the President or by Congress, or during an operation by Armed Forces of the United States outside the continental United States, for such period of time and in such area or under such conditions of danger to life as the Secretary may set forth in regulations issued hereunder. Such bars shall be provided at cost by the Secretary or at reasonable prices by private persons when authorized for manufacture and sale by the Secretary. Whenever any bar presented under the provisions of this section is lost, destroyed, or rendered unfit for use, without fault or neglect of the owner, such bar may be replaced at cost by the Secretary or at reasonable prices by private persons authorized by him. SEC. 3. The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to issue, with the concurrence of the Secretary of the Treasury, a citation as public evidence of deserved honor and distinction to any United States ship or to any foreign ship which participates in outstanding or gallant action in marine disasters or other emergencies for the purpose of saving life or property. The Secretary of Commerce may award a plaque to a ship so cited, and a replica of such plaque may be preserved, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, as a permanent historic record. The Secretary of Commerce may also award an appropriate citation ribbon bar to the master or each person serving on board such ship at the time of the action for which citation is made, as public evidence of such honor and distinction. Whenever such master or person would be entitled hereunder to the award of an additional citation ribbon, a suitable device shall be awarded, in lieu thereof, to be attached to the ribbon originally awarded. In any case of a proposed award or citation to a foreign ship or to a master or person serving aboard such ship, such award or citation shall be subject to the concurrence of the Secretary of State. SEC. 4. The manufacture, sale, possession, or display of any insignia, decoration, medal, device, or rosette thereof, or any colorable imitation of any insignia, decoration, medal or device, or rosette, provided for in this Act, or in any rule or regulation issued pursuant to this Act, is prohibited, except as authorized by this Act or any rule or regulation issued pursuant thereto. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $250 or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both. SEC. 5. (a) The following Acts of Congress are repealed effective July 1, 1954: (1) The Act entitled "To provide for the issuance of devices in recognition of the services of merchant sailors", approved May 10, 1943, as amended (57 Stat. 81, 59 Stat. 511, 60 Stat. 884; U.S.C. title 50, War, Appendix, secs. 753a-753f). (2) The Act entitled "Providing for a medal for service in the merchant marine during the present war", approved August 8, 1946 (60 Stat. 960; U.S.C. title 50, War, Appendix, secs. 754^754b). (3) The Act entitled "To provide reemployment rights for persons who leave their positions to serve in the merchant marine, and for other purposes", approved June 23, 1943, as amended (57 Stat. 162, 60 Stat. 905,60 Stat. 945; U.S.C. title 50, War, Appendix, secs. 14711475). (b) Notwithstanding the repeal of the Acts of Congress in subsection (a) the Secretary of Commerce is authorized, under such rules and regulations as he may from time to time prescribe to make replacements at cost or permit replacements at reasonable prices by persons authorized by him of the awards, medals, decorations, or other articles issued under such Acts, if lost, destroyed, or rendered unfit for use, without fault or neglect on the part of the owner. Approved July 24, 1956,

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