---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 U.S.C. § 50331"
title: "34"
title_heading: "Crime Control and Law Enforcement"
number: "50331"
heading: "Congressional Badge of Bravery Office"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/34/50331"
units:
  - "Subtitle V — Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Personnel"
  - "Chapter 503 — Law Enforcement Congressional Badge of Bravery"
  - "Subchapter III — Congressional Badge of Bravery Office"
---

# §50331. Congressional Badge of Bravery Office

- (a) **Establishment—** There is established within the Department of Justice a Congressional Badge of Bravery [Office](/usc/34/50301.md?p=6).
- (b) **Duties—** The [Office](/usc/34/50301.md?p=6) shall—
  - (1) receive nominations from [Federal agency heads](/usc/34/50301.md?p=1) on behalf of the [Federal Board](/usc/34/50301.md?p=2) and deliver such nominations to the [Federal Board](/usc/34/50301.md?p=2) at [Federal Board](/usc/34/50301.md?p=2) meetings described in [section 50313(d)(2) of this title](/usc/34/50313.md?p=d-2);
  - (2) receive nominations from [State or local agency heads](/usc/34/50301.md?p=10) on behalf of the [State and Local Board](/usc/34/50301.md?p=7) and deliver such nominations to the [State and Local Board](/usc/34/50301.md?p=7) at [State and Local Board](/usc/34/50301.md?p=7) meetings described in [section 50323(d)(2) of this title](/usc/34/50323.md?p=d-2); and
  - (3) provide staff support to the [Federal Board](/usc/34/50301.md?p=2) and the [State and Local Board](/usc/34/50301.md?p=7) to carry out the duties described in [section 50313(b)](/usc/34/50313.md?p=b) and [section 50323(b) of this title](/usc/34/50323.md?p=b), respectively.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 110–298, title III, § 301, July 31, 2008, 122 Stat. 2994.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 15261 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.