---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 51903"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
number: "51903"
heading: "Multiple awards"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/51903"
units:
  - "Subtitle V — Merchant Marine"
  - "Part B — Merchant Marine Service"
  - "Chapter 519 — Merchant Marine Awards"
---

# §51903. Multiple awards


An individual may not be awarded more than one of any type of decoration or medal under this chapter. For each succeeding act or service justifying the same decoration or medal, a suitable device may be awarded to be worn with the decoration or medal.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–304, § 8(b), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1585.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 51903 | 46 App.:2004(a). | Pub. L. 100–324, § 5(a), May 30, 1988, 102 Stat. 576. |