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What is the
U.S. Code?
The United States Code is the
official, subject matter order,
compilation of the Federal laws of a
general and permanent nature that
are currently in force. In
accordance with
section 285b of title 2 of the
U.S. Code, the Code is compiled by
the Office of the Law Revision
Counsel of the United States House
of Representatives. The Code is
divided into 50 titles by subject
matter. Each title is divided into
sections. Sections within a title
may be grouped together as
subtitles, chapters, subchapters,
parts, subparts, or divisions.
Titles may also have appendices
which may be divided into sections,
rules and/or forms.
The subjects covered by the 50
titles of the U.S. Code are:
1. General Provisions
2. The Congress
3. The President
4. Flag and Seal, Seat of
Government, and the States
5. Government Organization and
Employees
6. Surety Bonds (repealed by the
enactment of Title 31)
7. Agriculture
8. Aliens and Nationality
9. Arbitration
10. Armed Forces
11. Bankruptcy
12. Banks and Banking
13. Census
14. Coast Guard
15. Commerce and Trade
16. Conservation
17. Copyrights
18. Crimes and Criminal
Procedure
19. Customs Duties
20. Education
21. Food and Drugs
22. Foreign Relations and
Intercourse
23. Highways
24. Hospitals and Asylums
25. Indians
26. Internal Revenue Code
27. Intoxicating Liquors
28. Judiciary and Judicial
Procedure
29. Labor
30. Mineral Lands and Mining
31. Money and Finance
32. National Guard
33. Navigation and Navigable
Waters
34. Navy (eliminated by the
enactment of Title 10)
35. Patents
36. Patriotic Societies and
Observations
37. Pay and Allowances of the
Uniformed Services
38. Veterans' Benefits
39. Postal Service
40. Public Buildings, Property,
and Works
41. Public Contracts
42. The Public Health and
Welfare
43. Public Lands
44. Public Printing and
Documents
45. Railroads
46. Shipping
47. Telegraphs, Telephones, and
Radiotelegraphs
48. Territories and Insular
Possessions
49. Transportation
50. War and National Defense
The "FLAG CODE"
Previous to Flag Day, June 14,
1923 there were no federal or state
regulations governing display of the
United States Flag. It was on this
date that the National Flag Code was
adopted by the National Flag
Conference which was attended by
representatives of the Army and Navy
which had evolved their own
procedures, and some 66 other
national groups. This purpose of
providing guidance based on the Army
and Navy procedures relating to
display and associated questions
about the U. S. Flag was adopted by
all organizations in attendance.
A few minor changes were made a
year later during the Flag Day 1924
Conference, It was not until June
22, 1942 that Congress passed a
joint resolution which was amended
on December 22, 1942 to become
Public Law 829; Chapter 806, 77th
Congress, 2nd session. Exact rules
for use and display of the flag (36
U.S.C. 173-178) as well as
associated sections (36
U.S.C. 171) Conduct during
Playing of
the National Anthem, (36
U.S.C. 172)
the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag,
and Manner of Delivery were
included.
This code is the guide for all
handling and display of the Stars
and Stripes. It does not impose
penalties for misuse of the
United States Flag. That is left to
the states and to the federal
government for the District of
Columbia. Each state has its own
flag law.
Criminal penalties for certain
acts of desecration to the flag were
contained in Title 18 of the United
States Code prior to 1989. The
Supreme Court decision in Texas v.
Johnson; June 21, 1989, held the
statute unconstitutional. This
statute was amended when the Flag
Protection Act of 1989 (Oct. 28,
1989) imposed a fine and/or up to I
year in prison for knowingly
mutilating, defacing, physically
defiling, maintaining on the floor
or trampling upon any flag of the
United States. The Flag Protection
Act of 1989 was struck down by the
Supreme Court decision, United
States vs. Eichman, decided on June
11, 1990.
While the Code empowers the
President of the United States to
alter, modify, repeal or prescribe
additional rules regarding the Flag,
no federal agency has the authority
to issue 'official' rulings legally
binding on civilians or civilian
groups. Consequently, different
interpretations of various
provisions of the Code may continue
to be made. The Flag Code may be
fairly tested: 'No disrespect should
be shown to the Flag of the United
States of America.' Therefore,
actions not specifically included in
the Code may be deemed acceptable as
long as proper respect is shown.
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UNITED STATES CODE
TITLE 36
CHAPTER 10
PATRIOTIC CUSTOMS
§170. National
anthem; Star-Spangled Banner
The composition consisting of the
words and music known as The
Star-Spangled Banner is designated
the national anthem of the United
States of America.
§171. Conduct
during playing
During rendition of the national
anthem when the flag is displayed,
all present except those in uniform
should stand at attention facing the
flag with the right hand over the
heart. Men not in uniform should
remove their headdress with their
right hand and hold it at the left
shoulder, the hand being over the
heart. Persons in uniform should
render the military salute at the
first note of the anthem and retain
this position until the last note.
When the flag is not displayed,
those present should face toward the
music and act in the same manner
they would if the flag were
displayed there.
§172. Pledge
of allegiance to the flag; manner of
delivery
The Pledge of Allegiance to the
Flag, 'I pledge allegiance to the
Flag of the United States of
America, and to the Republic for
which it stands, one Nation under
God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all.', should be
rendered by standing at attention
facing the flag with the right hand
over the heart. When not in uniform
men should remove their headdress
with their right hand and hold it at
the left shoulder, the hand being
over the heart. Persons in uniform
should remain silent, face the flag,
and render the military salute.
§173. Display
and use of flag by civilians;
codification of rules and customs;
definition
The following codification of
existing rules and customs
pertaining to the display and use of
the flag of the United States of
America is established for the use
of such civilians or civilian groups
or organizations as may not be
required to conform with regulations
promulgated by one or more executive
departments of the Government of the
United States. The flag of the
United States for the purpose of
this chapter shall be defined
according to sections
1 and 2 of
title 4 and Executive Order 10834
issued pursuant thereto.
§174. Time and
occasions for display
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(a) Display on buildings and
stationary flagstaffs in open;
night display
It is the universal custom to
display the flag only from
sunrise to sunset on buildings
and on stationary flagstaffs in
the open. However, when a
patriotic effect is desired, the
flag may be displayed
twenty-four hours a day if
properly illuminated during the
hours of darkness.
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(b) Manner of hoisting
The flag should be hoisted
briskly and lowered
ceremoniously.
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(c) Inclement weather
The flag should not be
displayed on days when the
weather is inclement, except
when an all weather flag is
displayed.
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(d) Particular days of
display
The flag should be displayed
on all days, especially on New
Year's Day, January 1;
Inauguration Day, January 20;
Lincoln's Birthday, February 12;
Washington's Birthday, third
Monday in February; Easter
Sunday (variable); Mother's Day,
second Sunday in May; Armed
Forces Day, third Saturday in
May; Memorial Day (half-staff
until noon), the last Monday in
May; Flag Day, June 14;
Independence Day, July 4; Labor
Day, first Monday in September;
Constitution Day, September 17;
Columbus Day, second Monday in
October; Navy Day, October 27;
Veterans Day, November 11;
Thanksgiving Day, fourth
Thursday in November; Christmas
Day, December 25; and such other
days as may be proclaimed by the
President of the United States;
the birthdays of States (date of
admission); and on State
holidays.
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(e) Display on or near
administration building of
public institutions
The flag should be displayed
daily on or near the main
administration building of every
public institution.
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(f) Display in or near
polling places
The flag should be displayed
in or near every polling place
on election days.
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(g) Display in or near
schoolhouses
The flag should be displayed
during school days in or near
every schoolhouse.
§175. Position
and manner of display
The flag, when carried in a
procession with another flag or
flags, should be either on the
marching right; that is, the flag's
own right, or, if there is a line of
other flags, in front of the center
of that line.
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(a) The flag should not be
displayed on a float in a parade
except from a staff, or as
provided in subsection (i) of
this section.
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(b) The flag should not be
draped over the hood, top,
sides, or back of a vehicle or
of a railroad train or a boat.
When the flag is displayed on a
motorcar, the staff shall be
fixed firmly to the chassis or
clamped to the right fender.
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(c) No other flag or pennant
should be placed above or, if on
the same level, to the right of
the flag of the United States of
America, except during church
services conducted by naval
chaplains at sea, when the
church pennant may be flown
above the flag during church
services for the personnel of
the Navy. No person shall
display the flag of the United
Nations or any other national or
international flag equal, above,
or in a position of superior
prominence or honor to, or in
place of, the flag of the United
States at any place within the
United States or any Territory
or possession thereof: Provided,
That nothing in this section
shall make unlawful the
continuance of the practice
heretofore followed of
displaying the flag of the
United Nations in a position of
superior prominence or honor,
and other national flags in
positions of equal prominence or
honor, with that of the flag of
the United States at the
headquarters of the United
Nations.
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(d) The flag of the United
States of America, when it is
displayed with another flag
against a wall from crossed
staffs, should be on the right,
the flag's own right, and its
staff should be in front of the
staff of the other flag.
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(e) The flag of the United
States of America should be at
the center and at the highest
point of the group when a number
of flags of States or localities
or pennants of societies are
grouped and displayed from
staffs.
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(f) When flags of States,
cities, or localities, or
pennants of societies are flown
on the same halyard with the
flag of the United States, the
latter should always be at the
peak. When the flags are flown
from adjacent staffs, the flag
of the United States should be
hoisted first and lowered last.
No such flag or pennant may be
placed above the flag of the
United States or to the United
States flag's right.
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(g) When flags of two or
more nations are displayed, they
are to be flown from separate
staffs of the same height. The
flags should be of approximately
equal size. International usage
forbids the display of the flag
of one nation above that of
another nation in time of peace.
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(h) When the flag of the
United States is displayed from
a staff projecting horizontally
or at an angle from the window
sill, balcony, or front of a
building, the union of the flag
should be placed at the peak of
the staff unless the flag is at
half staff. When the flag is
suspended over a sidewalk from a
rope extending from a house to a
pole at the edge of the
sidewalk, the flag should be
hoisted out, union first, from
the building.
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(i) When displayed either
horizontally or vertically
against a wall, the union should
be uppermost and to the flag's
own right, that is, to the
observer's left. When displayed
in a window, the flag should be
displayed in the same way, with
the union or blue field to the
left of the observer in the
street.
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(j) When the flag is
displayed over the middle of the
street, it should be suspended
vertically with the union to the
north in an east and west street
or to the east in a north and
south street.
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(k) When used on a speaker's
platform, the flag, if displayed
flat, should be displayed above
and behind the speaker. When
displayed from a staff in a
church or public auditorium, the
flag of the United States of
America should hold the position
of superior prominence, in
advance of the audience, and in
the position of honor at the
clergyman's or speaker's right
as he faces the audience. Any
other flag so displayed should
be placed on the left of the
clergyman or speaker or to the
right of the audience.
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(l) The flag should form a
distinctive feature of the
ceremony of unveiling a statue
or monument, but it should never
be used as the covering for the
statue or monument.
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(m) The flag, when flown at
half-staff, should be first
hoisted to the peak for an
instant and then lowered to the
half-staff position. The flag
should be again raised to the
peak before it is lowered for
the day. On Memorial Day the
flag should be displayed at
half-staff until noon only, then
raised to the top of the staff.
By order of the President, the
flag shall be flown at
half-staff upon the death of
principal figures of the United
States Government and the
Governor of a State, territory,
or possession, as a mark of
respect to their memory. In the
event of the death of other
officials or foreign
dignitaries, the flag is to be
displayed at half-staff
according to Presidential
instructions or orders, or in
accordance with recognized
customs or practices not
inconsistent with law. In the
event of the death of a present
or former official of the
government of any State,
territory, or possession of the
United States, the Governor of
that State, territory, or
possession may proclaim that the
National flag shall be flown at
half-staff. The flag shall be
flown at half-staff thirty days
from the death of the President
or a former President; ten days
from the day of death of the
Vice President, the Chief
Justice or a retired Chief
Justice of the United States, or
the Speaker of the House of
Representatives; from the day of
death until interment of an
Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court, a Secretary of an
executive or military
department, a former Vice
President, or the Governor of a
State, territory, or possession;
and on the day of death and the
following day for a Member of
Congress. As used in this
subsection -
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(1) the term
'half-staff' means the
position of the flag when it
is one-half the distance
between the top and bottom
of the staff;
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(2) the term 'executive
or military department'
means any agency listed
under sections
101 and
102 of
title 5; and
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(3) the term 'Member of
Congress' means a Senator, a
Representative, a Delegate,
or the Resident Commissioner
from Puerto Rico.
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(n) When the flag is used to
cover a casket, it should be so
placed that the union is at the
head and over the left shoulder.
The flag should not be lowered
into the grave or allowed to
touch the ground.
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(o) When the flag is
suspended across a corridor or
lobby in a building with only
one main entrance, it should be
suspended vertically with the
union of the flag to the
observer's left upon entering.
If the building has more than
one main entrance, the flag
should be suspended vertically
near the center of the corridor
or lobby with the union to the
north, when entrances are to the
east and west or to the east
when entrances are to the north
and south. If there are
entrances in more than two
directions, the union should be
to the east.
§176. Respect
for flag
No disrespect should be shown to the
flag of the United States of
America; the flag should not be
dipped to any person or thing.
Regimental colors, State flags, and
organization or institutional flags
are to be dipped as a mark of honor.
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(a) The flag should never be
displayed with the union down,
except as a signal of dire
distress in instances of extreme
danger to life or property.
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(b) The flag should never
touch anything beneath it, such
as the ground, the floor, water,
or merchandise.
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(c) The flag should never be
carried flat or horizontally,
but always aloft and free.
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(d) The flag should never be
used as wearing apparel,
bedding, or drapery. It should
never be festooned, drawn back,
nor up, in folds, but always
allowed to fall free. Bunting of
blue, white, and red, always
arranged with the blue above,
the white in the middle, and the
red below, should be used for
covering a speaker's desk,
draping the front of the
platform, and for decoration in
general.
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(e) The flag should never be
fastened, displayed, used, or
stored in such a manner as to
permit it to be easily torn,
soiled, or damaged in any way.
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(f) The flag should never be
used as a covering for a
ceiling.
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(g) The flag should never
have placed upon it, nor on any
part of it, nor attached to it
any mark, insignia, letter,
word, figure, design, picture,
or drawing of any nature.
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(h) The flag should never be
used as a receptacle for
receiving, holding, carrying, or
delivering anything.
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(i) The flag should never be
used for advertising purposes in
any manner whatsoever. It should
not be embroidered on such
articles as cushions or
handkerchiefs and the like,
printed or otherwise impressed
on paper napkins or boxes or
anything that is designed for
temporary use and discard.
Advertising signs should not be
fastened to a staff or halyard
from which the flag is flown.
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(j) No part of the flag
should ever be used as a costume
or athletic uniform. However, a
flag patch may be affixed to the
uniform of military personnel,
firemen, policemen, and members
of patriotic organizations. The
flag represents a living country
and is itself considered a
living thing. Therefore, the
lapel flag pin being a replica,
should be worn on the left lapel
near the heart.
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(k) The flag, when it is in
such condition that it is no
longer a fitting emblem for
display, should be destroyed in
a dignified way, preferably by
burning.
§177. Conduct
during hoisting, lowering or passing
of flag
During the ceremony of hoisting or
lowering the flag or when the flag
is passing in a parade or in review,
all persons present except those in
uniform should face the flag and
stand at attention with the right
hand over the heart. Those present
in uniform should render the
military salute. When not in
uniform, men should remove their
headdress with their right hand and
hold it at the left shoulder, the
hand being over the heart. Aliens
should stand at attention. The
salute to the flag in a moving
column should be rendered at the
moment the flag passes.
§178.
Modification of rules and customs by
President
Any rule or custom pertaining to the
display of the flag of the United
States of America, set forth herein,
may be altered, modified, or
repealed, or additional rules with
respect thereto may be prescribed,
by the Commander in Chief of the
Armed Forces of the United States,
whenever he deems it to be
appropriate or desirable; and any
such alteration or additional rule
shall be set forth in a
proclamation.
§179. Design
for service flag; persons entitled
to display flag
The Secretary of Defense is
authorized and directed to approve a
design for a service flag, which
flag may be displayed in a window of
the place of residence of persons
who are members of the immediate
family of a person serving in the
armed forces of the United States
during any period of war or
hostilities in which the Armed
Forces of the United States may be
engaged.
§180. Design
for service lapel button; persons
entitled to wear button
The Secretary of Defense is also
authorized and directed to approve a
design for a service lapel button,
which button may be worn by members
of the immediate family of a person
serving in the armed forces of the
United States during any period of
war or hostilities in which the
Armed Forces of the United States
may be engaged.
§181. Approval
of designs by Secretary of Defense;
license to manufacture and sell;
penalties
Upon the approval by the Secretary
of Defense of the design for such
service flag and service lapel
button, he shall cause notice
thereof, together with a description
of the approved flag and button, to
be published in the Federal
Register. Thereafter any person may
apply to the Secretary of Defense
for a license to manufacture and
sell the approved service flag, or
the approved service lapel button,
or both. Any person, firm, or
corporation who manufactures any
such service flag or service lapel
button without having first obtained
such a license, or otherwise
violates sections 179
to 182 of this
title, shall, upon conviction
thereof, be fined not more than
$1,000.
§182. Rules
and regulations
The Secretary of Defense is
authorized to make such rules and
regulations as may be necessary to
carry out the provisions of sections
179 to
182 of this
title.
§182a to 182d. Repealed. Pub. L.
89-534, § 2, Aug. 11, 1966, 80 Stat.
345
§183, 184.
Repealed. Pub. L. 85-857, § 14(84),
Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1272
§185.
Transferred
§186. National
motto
The national motto of the United
States is declared to be 'In God we
trust.'
§187. National
floral emblem
The flower commonly known as the
rose is designated and adopted as
the national floral emblem of the
United States of America, and the
President of the United States is
authorized and requested to declare
such fact by proclamation.
§188. National
march
The composition by John Philip Sousa
entitled 'The Stars and Stripes
Forever' is hereby designated as the
national march of the United States
of America.
§189.
Recognition of National League of
Families POW/MIA flag
The National League of Families
POW/MIA flag is hereby recognized
officially and designated as the
symbol of our Nation's concern and
commitment to resolving as fully as
possible the fates of Americans
still prisoner, missing and
unaccounted for in Southeast Asia,
thus ending the uncertainty for
their families and the Nation.
Miscellaneous References
UNITED STATES CODE
TITLE 4
CHAPTER 1 - THE FLAG
§1. Flag;
stripes and stars on
The flag of the United States shall
be thirteen horizontal stripes,
alternate red and white; and the
union of the flag shall be
forty-eight stars, white in a blue
field.
§ 2. Same;
additional stars
On the admission of a new State into
the Union one star shall be added to
the union of the flag; and such
addition shall take effect on the
fourth day of July then next
succeeding such admission.
§ 3. Use of flag for advertising
purposes; mutilation of flag
Any person who, within the District
of Columbia, in any manner, for
exhibition or display, shall place
or cause to be placed any word,
figure, mark, picture, design,
drawing, or any advertisement of any
nature upon any flag, standard,
colors, or ensign of the United
States of America; or shall expose
or cause to be exposed to public
view any such flag, standard,
colors, or ensign upon which shall
have been printed, painted, or
otherwise placed, or to which shall
be attached, appended, affixed, or
annexed any word, figure, mark,
picture, design, or drawing, or any
advertisement of any nature; or who,
within the District of Columbia,
shall manufacture, sell, expose for
sale, or to public view, or give
away or have in possession for sale,
or to be given away or for use for
any purpose, any article or
substance being an article of
merchandise, or a receptacle for
merchandise or article or thing for
carrying or transporting
merchandise, upon which shall have
been printed, painted, attached, or
otherwise placed a representation of
any such flag, standard, colors, or
ensign, to advertise, call attention
to, decorate, mark, or distinguish
the article or substance on which so
placed shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and shall be punished by
a fine not exceeding $100 or by
imprisonment for not more than
thirty days, or both, in the
discretion of the court. The words
'flag, standard, colors, or ensign',
as used herein, shall include any
flag, standard, colors, ensign, or
any picture or representation of
either, or of any part or parts of
either, made of any substance or
represented on any substance, of any
size evidently purporting to be
either of said flag, standard,
colors, or ensign of the United
States of America or a picture or a
representation of either, upon which
shall be shown the colors, the stars
and the stripes, in any number of
either thereof, or of any part or
parts of either, by which the
average person seeing the same
without deliberation may believe the
same to represent the flag, colors,
standard, or ensign of the United
States of America.
UNITED STATES
CODE
TITLE 4
CHAPTER 2 - THE SEAL
§ 41. Seal of the United States
The seal heretofore used by the
United States in Congress assembled
is declared to be the seal of the
United States.
§ 42. Same; custody and use of
The Secretary of State shall have
the custody and charge of such seal.
Except as provided by section
2902(a) of title
5, the seal shall not be affixed to
any instrument without the special
warrant of the President therefor.
UNITED STATES
CODE
TITLE 5
PART
III
CHAPTER 29 - COMMISSIONS, OATHS,
RECORDS, AND REPORTS
SUBCHAPTER I - COMMISSIONS, OATHS,
AND RECORDS
§ 2902.
Commission; where recorded
(a) Except as provided by
subsections (b) and (c) of this
section, the Secretary of State
shall make out and record, and affix
the seal of the United States to,
the commission of an officer
appointed by the President. The seal
of the United States may not be
affixed to the commission before the
commission has been signed by the
President
UNITED STATES
CODE
TITLE 5 PART I
CHAPTER 1 - ORGANIZATION
§ 101. Executive departments
The Executive departments are:
The Department of State. The
Department of the Treasury. The
Department of Defense. The
Department of Justice. The
Department of the Interior. The
Department of Agriculture. The
Department of Commerce. The
Department of Labor. The Department
of Health and Human Services. The
Department of Housing and Urban
Development. The Department of
Transportation. The Department of
Energy. The Department of Education.
The Department of Veterans Affairs.
§ 102. Military departments
The military departments are:
The Department of the Army. The
Department of the Navy. The
Department of the Air Force.
UNITED STATES
CODE
TITLE 18
Part
I. CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 33 - EMBLEMS, INSIGNIA,
AND NAMES
THIS
TITLE WAS ENACTED BY ACT JUNE 25,
1948, CH. 645, SEC. 1, 62 STAT. 683
§ 700. Desecration of the flag
of the United States; penalties
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(a)(1) Whoever knowingly
mutilates, defaces, physically
defiles, burns, maintains on the
floor or ground, or tramples
upon any flag of the United
States shall be fined under this
title or imprisoned for not more
than one year, or both.
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(2) This subsection does not
prohibit any conduct consisting
of the disposal of a flag when
it has become worn or soiled.
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(b) As used in this section,
the term 'flag of the United
States' means any flag of the
United States, or any part
thereof, made of any substance,
of any size, in a form that is
commonly displayed.
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(c) Nothing in this section
shall be construed as indicating
an intent on the part of
Congress to deprive any State,
territory, possession, or the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico of
jurisdiction over any offense
over which it would have
jurisdiction in the absence of
this section.
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(d)(1) An appeal may be
taken directly to the Supreme
Court of the United States from
any interlocutory or final
judgment, decree, or order
issued by a United States
district court ruling upon the
constitutionality of subsection
(a).
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(2) The Supreme Court shall,
if it has not previously ruled
on the question, accept
jurisdiction over the appeal and
advance on the docket and
expedite to the greatest extent
possible.
UNITED STATES
CODE
TITLE 2
CHAPTER 9A - ORGANIZATION
§ 285b. Functions
The functions of the Office shall be
as follows:
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(1) To prepare, and submit
to the Committee on the
Judiciary one title at a time, a
complete compilation,
restatement, and revision of the
general and permanent laws of
the United States which conforms
to the understood policy,
intent, and purpose of the
Congress in the original
enactments, with such amendments
and corrections as will remove
ambiguities, contradictions, and
other imperfections both of
substance and of form,
separately stated, with a view
to the enactment of each title
as positive law.
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(2) To examine periodically
all of the public laws enacted
by the Congress and submit to
the Committee on the Judiciary
recommendations for the repeal
of obsolete, superfluous, and
superseded provisions contained
therein.
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(3) To prepare and publish
periodically a new edition of
the United States Code
(including those titles which
are not yet enacted into
positive law as well as those
titles which have been so
enacted), with annual cumulative
supplements reflecting newly
enacted laws.
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(4) To classify newly
enacted provisions of law to
their proper positions in the
Code where the titles involved
have not yet been enacted into
positive law.
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(5) To prepare and submit
periodically such revisions in
the titles of the Code which
have been enacted into positive
law as may be necessary to keep
such titles current.
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(6) To prepare and publish
periodically new editions of the
District of Columbia Code, with
annual cumulative supplements
reflecting newly enacted laws,
through publication of the fifth
annual cumulative supplement to
the 1973 edition of such Code.
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(7) To provide the Committee
on the Judiciary with such
advice and assistance as the
committee may request in
carrying out its functions with
respect to the revision and
codification of the Federal
statutes.
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