May 31, 2001
The President has signed into law H.R. 802, on May 30, 2001, which authorizes the President to award a Medal of Valor to public safety officers and establishes a Medal of Valor Review Board to recommend award recipients to the Attorney General.
George W. Bush, Statement by the Press Secretary on H.R. 802 Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/279901