Executive Order on Establishing the Kosovo Campaign Medal

[Doug Henwood]

                             THE WHITE HOUSE

                      Office of the Press Secretary

                            (Davenport, Iowa)
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For Immediate Release                                        May 3, 2000

                             EXECUTIVE ORDER

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                  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.

                                    WILLIAM J. CLINTON

                                    THE WHITE HOUSE,

                                    May 3, 2000.

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