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The President





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Executive Order 13161--Establishment of the Presidential Medal of Valor 
for Public Safety Officers
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                Executive Order 13161 of June 29, 2000

                
Establishment of the Presidential Medal of Valor 
                for Public Safety Officers

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, it is ordered:

                Section 1. The Presidential Medal of Valor for Public 
                Safety Officers (Medal) is established for the purpose 
                of recognizing those public safety officers adjudged to 
                have shown extraordinary valor above and beyond the 
                call of duty in the exercise of their official duties. 
                As used in this section, the term ``public safety 
                officer'' means a person serving a public agency with 
                or without compensation:

                    (1) as a law enforcement officer, including police, 
                correctional, probation, or parole officers;
                    (2) as a firefighter or emergency responder; and
                    (3) who is employed by the Government of the United 
                States, any State of the United States, any officially 
                recognized elective body within a State of the United 
                States, or any Federally recognized tribal 
                organization.

                Sec. 2. Eligible recipients generally will be 
                recommended to the President by the Attorney General by 
                April 1 of each year. Pursuant to 36 U.S.C. 136-137, 
                the President designates May 15 of each year as ``Peace 
                Officers Memorial Day'' and the week in which it falls 
                as ``Police Week.'' Presentation of the Medal shall 
                occur at an appropriate time during the commemoration 
                of Police Week, as far as is practicable.

                Sec. 3. The President may select for the Medal up to 
                ten persons annually from among those persons 
                recommended to the President by the Attorney General. 
                In submitting recommendations to the President, the 
                Attorney General may consult with experts representing 
                all segments of the public safety sector, including 
                representatives from law enforcement, firefighters, and 
                emergency services.

                Sec. 4. Those chosen for recognition shall receive a 
                medal and a certificate, the designs of which shall be 
                submitted by the Attorney General for the President's 
                approval no later than December 1, 2000. The medal and 
                certificate shall be prepared by the Department of 
                Justice.

                Sec. 5. The Medal may be given posthumously.

                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    June 29, 2000.

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