The President, under regulations to be prescribed by him, may award a decoration called the “Legion of Merit”, having suitable appurtenances and devices and not more than four degrees, to any member of the armed forces of the United States or of any friendly foreign nation who, after , has distinguished himself by exceptionally meritorious conduct in performing outstanding services.
Structure US Code
Subtitle A— General Military Law
CHAPTER 57— DECORATIONS AND AWARDS
§ 1121. Legion of Merit: award
§ 1122. Medal for Merit: award
§ 1123. Right to wear badges of military societies
§ 1124. Cash awards for disclosures, suggestions, inventions, and scientific achievements
§ 1124a. Cyber operations-peculiar awards
§ 1125. Recognition for accomplishments: award of trophies
§ 1126. Gold star lapel button: eligibility and distribution
§ 1127. Precedence of the award of the Purple Heart
§ 1128. Prisoner-of-war medal: issue
§ 1129. Purple Heart: members killed or wounded in action by friendly fire
§ 1129a. Purple Heart: members killed or wounded in attacks by foreign terrorist organizations
§ 1131. Purple Heart: limitation to members of the armed forces
§ 1133. Bronze Star: limitation on persons eligible to receive
§ 1134a. Medal of honor: Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard Medal of Honor Roll
§ 1135. Replacement of military decorations
§ 1136. Honorable service requirement for award of military decorations