§ 2708a. — Award of Foreign Service star.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC2708a]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 38--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Sec. 2708a. Award of Thomas Jefferson Star for Foreign Service
(a) Authority to award
The President, upon the recommendation of the Secretary, may award a
Thomas Jefferson Star for Foreign Service to any member of the Foreign
Service or any other civilian employee of the Government of the United
States who, while employed at, or assigned permanently or temporarily
to, an official mission overseas or while traveling abroad on official
business, incurred a wound or other injury or an illness (whether or not
the wound, other injury, or illness resulted in death)--
(1) as the person was performing official duties;
(2) as the person was on the premises of a United States mission
abroad; or
(3) by reason of the person's status as a United States
Government employee.
(b) Selection criteria
The Secretary shall prescribe the procedures for identifying and
considering persons eligible for award of a Thomas Jefferson Star for
Foreign Service and for selecting the persons to be recommended for the
award.
(c) Award in the event of death
If a person selected for award of a Thomas Jefferson Star for
Foreign Service dies before being presented the award, the award may be
made and the star presented to the person's family or to the person's
representative, as designated by the President.
(d) Form of award
The Secretary shall prescribe the design of the Thomas Jefferson
Star for Foreign Service. The award may not include a stipend or any
other cash payment.
(e) Funding
Any expenses incurred in awarding a person a Thomas Jefferson Star
for Foreign Service may be paid out of appropriations available at the
time of the award for personnel of the department or agency of the
United States Government in which the person was employed when the
person incurred the wound, injury, or illness upon which the award is
based.
(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, Sec. 36A, as added Pub. L. 106-113,
div. B, Sec. 1000(a)(7) [div. A, title III, Sec. 321], Nov. 29, 1999,
113 Stat. 1536, 1501A-436; amended Pub. L. 107-228, div. A, title III,
Sec. 311, Sept. 30, 2002, 116 Stat. 1377.)
Amendments
2002--Pub. L. 107-228 substituted ``Thomas Jefferson Star for
Foreign Service'' for ``Foreign Service star'' in section catchline and
wherever appearing in text.
