[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: 49CFR79.3]

[Page 708]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
          Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Transportation
 
PART 79_MEDALS OF HONOR--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  79.3  Application.

    (a) Any person may apply for the award of the medal described in 
Sec.  79.1, but only on behalf of another person, by writing to the 
Secretary of Transportation, Attention: Medals of Honor, within two (2) 
years of the action that is the subject of the application.
    (b) Although no application form is required, the following 
information must be provided:
    (1) Name, address, and telephone number of the person submitting the 
application.
    (2) Name, address, and telephone number of the person on whose 
behalf the application is submitted.
    (3) Date, time, place, and weather conditions of the action that is 
the subject of the application.
    (4) Identification of rail or motor carrier involved, or of operator 
of motor vehicles involved.
    (5) Identification of any public or private authority that 
investigated the accident/incident involved.
    (6) Name, address, and telephone number of any witness to the action 
that is the subject of the application.
    (7) Detailed description of the action that is the subject of the 
application, including why the person submitting the application thinks 
that the action merits the extraordinary recognition embodied in the 
Medal of Honor.
    (c) An application and any documentary or other evidence supporting 
it must be supported by oath or affirmation, or by the signer's 
acknowledgment that a knowingly false statement is punishable as 
perjury.