[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR79.1]

[Page 708]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
          Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Transportation
 
PART 79_MEDALS OF HONOR--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  79.1  Scope.

    (a) This part implements 49 U.S.C. 80504, which authorizes the 
President of the United States to award a bronze medal for bravery to 
any person who, by extreme daring, risks his/her life in trying to 
prevent, or to save the life of a person in, a grave accident/incident 
in the United States that involves an interstate rail carrier or a motor 
vehicle being operated on public highways.
    (b) The actions for which the medal may be awarded must reflect such 
unusual daring and bravery that a person would not normally be expected 
to perform them as a regular part of his/her regular work or vocation.