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Twelve members, appointed within 150 days

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Twelve members, appointed within 150 days

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What the document says

“Not later than 150 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall appoint 12 members of the Commission. Such members shall be law enforcement officers, first responders, and representatives of organizations knowledgeable about law enforcement.”

To establish a medal of service for law enforcement officers and first responders, Sec. 2

Subsection (c)(2) sets the size of the Commission at 12 members and requires the President to appoint them within 150 days of enactment. The Act was approved on May 28, 2026, so the 150 days run from that date. The members are to be drawn from law enforcement officers, first responders, and representatives of organizations knowledgeable about law enforcement. The section sets no number from each group.

What the document actually says

“Not later than 150 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall appoint 12 members of the Commission. Such members shall be law enforcement officers, first responders, and representatives of organizations knowledgeable about law enforcement.”

To establish a medal of service for law enforcement officers and first responders, Sec. 2
That sentence, in plain words

The President must pick 12 people for the group. He must do it within 150 days of the day this law starts. They must be police, rescue workers, or people from groups that know police work.

What this is about

The law began on May 28, 2026. So the 150 days run from that day. The law does not say how many come from each of the three kinds.

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  1. The document itself

    Medal of Sacrifice Act of 2025, Public Law 119-94, sec. 2, 140 Stat. 830 (2026).
    https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ94/html/PLAW-119publ94.htm

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    “Twelve members, appointed within 150 days,” Medal of Sacrifice Act of 2025, section 2, Sec. 2. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/medal-sacrifice-act-2025/proposal/sec02-twelve-members-within-150-days/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).

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