Establishing the Kosovo Campaign Medal

Executive Order 13154 of May 3, 2000

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.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

May 3, 2000.