[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 32, Number 32 (Monday, August 12, 1996)]
[Pages 1415-1416]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 13013--Amending Executive Order No. 10163, The Armed 
Forces Reserve Medal

August 6, 1996

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States, including my authority as Commander in 
Chief of the Armed Forces of the United States, it is hereby ordered 
that Executive Order No. 10163 as amended, is further amended by 
striking out sections 3 and 4 and inserting in lieu thereof the 
following new sections 3 and 4:
    ``3. The Armed Forces Reserve Medal may be awarded to members or 
former members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces of the 
United States who meet one or more of the following three criteria.
        a. The member has completed a total of 10 years of honorable 
      service in one or more of such reserve components, including 
      annual active duty and inactive duty training as required by 
      appropriate

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      regulations, provided that (1) such 10 years of service was 
      performed within a period of 12 consecutive years, (2) such 
      service shall not include service in a regular component of the 
      armed forces, including the Coast Guard, but (A) service in a 
      reserve component that is concurrent, in whole or in part, with 
      service in a regular component of the armed forces shall be 
      included in computing the required 10 years of reserve service, 
      and (B) any period of time during which reserve service is 
      interrupted by service in a regular component of the armed forces 
      shall be excluded in computing, and shall not be considered a 
      break in, the said period of 12 consecutive years, and (3) such 
      service shall not include service for which the Naval Reserve 
      Medal or the Marine Corps Reserve Medal has been or may be 
      awarded.
        b. On or after August 1, 1990, the member was called to active 
      duty and served under sections 12301(a), 12302, 12304, 12406 
      (formerly sections 672(a), 673, 673b, 3500, and 8500) and Chapter 
      15 of title 10, United States Code, or, in the case of the United 
      States Coast Guard Reserve, section 712 of title 14, United States 
      Code.
        c. On or after August 1, 1990, the member volunteered and served 
      on active duty in support of specific U.S. military operations or 
      contingencies designated by the Secretary of Defense.
    4. Not more than one Armed Forces Reserve Medal may be awarded to 
any one person. The member shall receive the medal with the distinctive 
design of the reserve component with which the person served at the time 
of award or in which such person last served. The medal is awarded with 
the appropriate appurtenance that denotes the manner in which the award 
was earned, either through completion of 10 years of service, 
mobilization, or volunteering for, and serving on, active duty in 
support of operations or contingencies designated by the Secretary of 
Defense. For each succeeding mobilization, volunteering for, and serving 
on, active duty in support of operations or contingencies, or 10-year 
period of service as above described, and a suitable appurtenance may be 
awarded, to be worn with the medal in accordance with appropriate 
regulations.''
                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
August 6, 1996.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., August 8, 
1996]

Note: This Executive order was published in the Federal Register on 
August 9.