[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 88 (Friday, May 5, 2000)]
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                Executive Order 13154 of May 3, 2000

                
Establishing the Kosovo Campaign Medal

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, including my authority as Commander in Chief 
                of the Armed Forces of the United States, it is hereby 
                ordered as follows:

                Section 1. Kosovo Campaign Medal. There is hereby 
                established the Kosovo Campaign Medal with suitable 
                appurtenances. Except as limited in section 2 of this 
                order, and under uniform regulations to be prescribed 
                by the Secretaries of the Military Departments and 
                approved by the Secretary of Defense, or under 
                regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of 
                Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard when it 
                is not operating as a service in the Navy, the Kosovo 
                Campaign Medal shall be awarded to members of the Armed 
                Forces of the United States who serve or have served in 
                Kosovo or contiguous waters or airspace, as defined by 
                such regulations, after March 24, 1999, and before a 
                terminal date to be prescribed by the Secretary of 
                Defense.

                Sec. 2. Relationship to Other Awards. Notwithstanding 
                section 3 of Executive Order 10977 of December 4, 1961, 
                establishing the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal and 
                section 3 of Executive Order 12985 of January 11, 1996, 
                establishing the Armed Forces Service Medal, any member 
                who qualified for those medals by reasons of service in 
                Kosovo between March 24, 1999, and May 1, 2000, shall 
                remain qualified for those medals. Upon application, 
                any such member may be awarded the Kosovo Campaign 
                Medal in lieu of the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal 
                or the Armed Forces Service Medal, but no person may be 
                awarded more than one of these three medals by reason 
                of service in Kosovo, and no person shall be entitled 
                to more than one award of the Kosovo Campaign Medal.

                Sec. 3. Posthumous Award. The Kosovo Campaign Medal may 
                be awarded posthumously to any person covered by and 
                under regulations prescribed in accordance with the 
                first section of this order.

                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                     May 3, 2000.

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