---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 U.S.C. § 1561"
title: "38"
title_heading: "Veterans’ Benefits"
number: "1561"
heading: "Repealed. Pub. L. 113–66, div. A, title V, § 563(c)(1), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 768"
status: "repealed"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/38/1561"
units:
  - "Part II — General Benefits"
  - "Chapter 15 — Pension for Non-Service-Connected Disability or Death or for Service"
  - "Subchapter IV — Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard Medal of Honor Roll"
---

# [§1561. Repealed. Pub. L. 113–66, div. A, title V, § 563(c)(1), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 768 — repealed]



## Notes

Section 1560, Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1139, § 560; Pub. L. 87–138, § 1, Aug. 14, 1961, 75 Stat. 338; Pub. L. 88–77, § 5(1), July 25, 1963, 77 Stat. 95; Pub. L. 88–651, Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 1078; Pub. L. 89–311, § 4, Oct. 31, 1965, 79 Stat. 1156; Pub. L. 91–24, § 5, June 11, 1969, 83 Stat. 33; Pub. L. 94–169, title I, § 106(41), Dec. 23, 1975, 89 Stat. 1019; renumbered § 1560 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, §§ 4(b)(4)(A), 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 405, 406; Pub. L. 107–296, title XVII, § 1704(d), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2315, related to persons eligible for Medal of Honor Roll.

Section 1561, Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1139, § 561; Pub. L. 87–138, § 2(a), Aug. 14, 1961, 75 Stat. 338; Pub. L. 88–77, § 5(2), July 25, 1963, 77 Stat. 95; Pub. L. 94–169, title I, § 106(42), (43), Dec. 23, 1975, 89 Stat. 1019; renumbered § 1561 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, §§ 4(b)(1), (2)(E), 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404–406, related to certificates issued to persons on the Medal of Honor Roll.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of Repeal

Repeal applicable with respect to Medals of Honor awarded on or after Dec. 26, 2013, see section 563(d) of Pub. L. 113–66, set out as an Effective Date note under section 1134a of Title 10, Armed Forces.