Establishing the Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal
Signed March 30, 2016·Barack Obama·81 FR 19017
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Establishes the Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal for members of the Armed Forces who serve or have served in Iraq, Syria, or contiguous waters or airspace on or after June 15, 2014, and before an end date to be set by the Secretary of Defense. The Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of Homeland Security for the Coast Guard when not operating under the Navy, will issue regulations governing the award. Members who qualified for the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal for the same service remain eligible for it, and may apply to receive the new medal instead, but no one may receive both medals for the same period of service. The medal may also be awarded posthumously. The order states it does not alter existing agency authority or budget functions, and creates no enforceable legal rights.
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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
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See: EO 13289, March 12, 2003
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Executive Order 13723 of March 30, 2016
Establishing the Inherent Resolve 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. Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal. There is
hereby established the Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal
with suitable appurtenances. Except as limited in
section 2 of this order, and under regulations to be
prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, or under
regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of
Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard when
it is not operating as a service in the Navy, the
Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal shall be awarded to
members of the Armed Forces of the United States who
serve or have served in Iraq, Syria, or contiguous
waters or airspace on or after June 15, 2014, and
before a terminal date to be prescribed by the
Secretary of Defense.
Sec. 2. Relationship to Other Awards. Notwithstanding
section 1 of Executive Order 13289 of March 12, 2003,
Establishing the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary
Medal, any member who qualified for that medal by
reason of service in Iraq, Syria, or contiguous waters
or airspace between June 15, 2014, and a terminal date
to be determined by the Secretary of Defense, shall
remain qualified for that medal. Upon application, a
member by reason of service in Iraq, Syria, or
contiguous waters or airspace may be awarded the
Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal in lieu of the Global
War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal. A member may be
awarded either the Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal or
the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal by
reason of service in Iraq, Syria, or contiguous waters
or airspace. No member shall be entitled to the award
of more than one of these two medals for the same
period of service.
Sec. 3. Posthumous Award. The Inherent Resolve Campaign
Medal may be awarded posthumously to any person covered
by and under regulations prescribed in accordance with
the first section of this order.
Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order
shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with
applicable law and subject to the availability of
appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not,
create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural,
enforceable at law or in equity by any party against
the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any
other person.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
March 30, 2016.Reproduced from the Federal Register plain-text record, signed March 30, 2016. Typesetting artifacts are removed; no wording is changed.