---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 1134a"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "1134a"
heading: "Medal of honor: Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard Medal of Honor Roll"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/1134a"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part II — Personnel"
  - "Chapter 57 — Decorations and Awards"
---

# §1134a. Medal of honor: Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard Medal of Honor Roll

- (a) **Establishment.—** There shall be in the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of the Army, the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of the Navy, the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of the Air Force, and the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) in which the Coast Guard is operating a roll designated as the “Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard Medal of Honor Roll”.
- (b) **Enrollment.—** The [Secretary concerned](/usc/10/2801.md?p=c-5) shall enter and [record](/usc/10/801.md?p=14) on the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard Medal of Honor Roll the name of each [person](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) who has served on [active duty](/usc/10/101.md?p=d-1) in the [armed forces](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-4) and who has been awarded a medal of honor pursuant to section [7271](/usc/10/7271.md), [8291](/usc/10/8291.md), or [9271](/usc/10/9271.md) of this title or [section 2732 of title 14](/usc/14/2732.md).
- (c) **Issuance of Enrollment Certificate.—** Each living [person](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) whose name is entered on the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard Medal of Honor Roll shall be issued a certificate of enrollment on the roll.
- (d) **Entitlement to Special Pension; Notice to Secretary of Veterans Affairs.—** The [Secretary concerned](/usc/10/2801.md?p=c-5) shall deliver to the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Veterans Affairs a certified copy of each certificate of enrollment issued under [subsection (c)](#c). The copy of the certificate shall authorize the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Veterans Affairs to [pay](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-15) the special pension provided by [section 1562 of title 38](/usc/38/1562.md) to the [person](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) named in the certificate.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 113–66, div. A, title V, § 563(a)(1), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 767; amended Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 809(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1840; Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XVIII, § 1801(a)(15), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 684.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2023—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 118–31 substituted “section 2732 of title 14” for “section 491 of title 14”.

2018—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 115–232 substituted “section 7271, 8291, or 9271” for “section 3741, 6241, or 8741”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

### Effective Date

Pub. L. 113–66, div. A, title V, § 563(d), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 768, provided that: “The amendments made by this section [enacting this section, amending section 1562 of Title 38, Veterans’ Benefits, and repealing sections 1560 and 1561 of Title 38] shall apply with respect to Medals of Honor awarded on or after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 26, 2013].”