A BILLTO PROVIDE FOR THE CONFERRING OF AN AWARD TO BE KNOWN AS THE UNITED STATES MEDAL OF MERIT.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP58-00597A000100040061-2
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• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 13, 2004
• Sequence Number: 61
• Content Type: REGULATION

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provide for the conferring of an award to be known as the
United States Medal of Merit
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
ECI,ARATI ON OF PU POS Z
SECTION 1. It is the purpose of the Congress, by providing
public recognition for outstanding accomplishments in public
affairs social betterment, science, health and medicine, education,
letters, arts, law, engineering, agriculture. labor, industry, and
related fields, to foster those cultaral qualities and innovations
essential to the development of a li civilization and conducive
to the maintenance of peace. which are of paramount importance to
humanity at all times,
There is hereby established the united States
Medal of Merit, with accompanying appurtenances and devices, for
award as hereinafter provided to perscns who have distinguished
meelves by outstanding acnamp l_ishr nts in the fields listed
UNITE) STAT'BS M-T)AL OF MERIT BOARD
Sec.) 3, (a) There is hereby est &.blished a United States
Medal of Merit Board (hereinafter roiferred to as the "Board") to be
composed of five members to be appointed by the President from
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among persons of ` recognized cor otericn in the fields listed in
section 1, Each member shall hold of'h'ice for a term of five years,
except that (1) any member appointei to ti.l.l a vacancy occurring
prior to the expiration of the test. ?:on which his predecessor
was appointed shall be appoint=ad. ror t ne remainder of such term,
and (2) the term of the members first, taking office shall expire
as follows-. one shall expire with the close of the first
calendar year which begins after the enactment of this Acts one
with the close of the second suea cait naar year, one with the
close of the third such calendar years, one with the close of the
fourth such calendar year, aro o}i 3 with the close of the fifth
such calendar year., as designates by the k'restdent at the time
of appointment. The President sh ai.l 3:. ?orn time to time designate
a member of the Board to serve a,3 its ct"aaix';san3
{ b) The members of the Board, while attending meetings
of the Board, shall receive companeatj.omx at the rate of 4`50 per
die n; and shall be laid t.^avel parses, including per diem in
.A4 eu o-11 subsistence, as authorized by law (;a U0S