{"data":{"id":"us/49-cfr-79.1","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"49 CFR 79.1","heading":"Scope.","body":"(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.\n(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.","path":["Title 49—Transportation","Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary of Transportation","PART 79—MEDALS OF HONOR"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-49.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:34Z","sha256":"5353b821a84fa7a2678fa2159b2897596189c52f907fafcfdec41e40211da80d","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/49-cfr-71.14","next":"us/49-cfr-79.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}