10 U.S.C. § 1136

Honorable service requirement for award of military decorations

No military decoration, including a medal, cross, or bar, or an associated emblem or insignia, may be awarded or presented to any person, or to a representative of the person, if the service of the person after the person distinguished himself or herself has not been honorable.

(Added Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title V, § 582(a)(1) , Dec. 20, 2019 , 133 Stat. 1411 .)