10 U.S.C. § 2249b — Display of State, District of Columbia, commonwealth, and territorial flags by the armed forces
submitted 30 years ago by Pub. L. 104-201 to r/title-10-ARMED-FORCES · 115 words · no verdicts yet
This section sets rules about Display of State, District of Columbia, commonwealth, and territorial flags by the armed forces. It states the duties, permissions, limits, and procedures that apply to that subject.
(a) Display of Flags by Armed Forces* .— The Secretary of Defense must ensure that, whenever the official flags of all 50 States are displayed by the armed forces, such display must include the flags of the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
(b) Position and Manner of Display .— The display of an official flag of a State, territory, or possession of the United States at an installation or other facility of the Department must be governed by section 7 of title 4 and any modification of section 7 under section 10 of title 4 .
The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that, whenever the official flags of all 50 States are displayed by the armed forces, such display shall include the flags of the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
The display of an official flag of a State, territory, or possession of the United States at an installation or other facility of the Department shall be governed by section 7 of title 4 and any modification of section 7 under section 10 of title 4.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title X, § 1071(a), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2656; amended Pub. L. 105–225, § 4(a)(1), Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1498; Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title V, § 588(a), (b)(1), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1768, 1769.)
- 1996Enacted · Pub. L. 104-201 · 110 Stat. 2656
- 1998Amended · Pub. L. 105-225 · 112 Stat. 1498
- 2013Amended · Pub. L. 112-239 · 126 Stat. 1768, 1769
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