---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 274i–3"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "274i–3"
heading: "Medals not treated as valuable consideration"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/274i-3"
units:
  - "Chapter 6A — Public Health Service"
  - "Subchapter II — General Powers and Duties"
  - "Part H–1 — Stephanie Tubbs Jones Gift of Life Medal"
---

# §274i–3. Medals not treated as valuable consideration


A medal under this part shall not be treated as valuable consideration for purposes of [section 274e(a) of this title](/usc/42/274e.md?p=a).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 110–413, § 5, Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4340.)