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A Medal of Honor (MOH) recommendation prepared by the Secretary concerned that is submitted through a Member of Congress must meet the following criteria:
- be prepared in two copies, less official citation and certificate
- be housed in a three-ring binder of appropriate size with an organized table of contents
- contain supporting documents (e.g., forms, narratives, witness statements, graphs, diagrams, and pictures) that are clearly legible and visible
- have the unclassified portion be saved electronically onto appropriate medium that will be forwarded along with the MOH recommendation
- include a Military Department MOH citation and certificate, in a presentation folder, suitable for presentation by the President of the United States
- include a draft statutory time waiver
- include copies of the notification letters sent to the Member of Congress who initiated the request, the Chairman and the Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, and the Chairman and the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee
- include a MOH timeline detailing specific processing dates for the MOH recommendation |