---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 79.1"
title: "49"
number: "79.1"
heading: "Scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/79.1"
---

# §79.1. Scope.

- (a) This part implements [49 U.S.C. 80504](/usc/49/80504.md), which authorizes the President of the United States to award a bronze medal for bravery to any person who, by extreme daring, risks his/her life in trying to prevent, or to save the life of a person in, a grave accident/incident in the United States that involves an interstate rail carrier or a motor vehicle being operated on public highways.
- (b) The actions for which the medal may be awarded must reflect such unusual daring and bravery that a person would not normally be expected to perform them as a regular part of his/her regular work or vocation.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 80504.

### Source

Source: 61 FR 17578, Apr. 22, 1996, unless otherwise noted.