18 U.S.C. § 244 — Discrimination against person wearing uniform of armed forces

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It's a federal crime for someone who runs or works at a theater or entertainment venue in D.C. or a U.S. territory to discriminate against a customer for wearing a military uniform. The offender can be fined.

This section makes it a crime to discriminate against someone for wearing a U.S. military uniform. It applies to a proprietor, manager, or employee of a theater or other public entertainment venue in the District of Columbia, or in any U.S. territory or possession. If that person causes someone to be treated worse because that person is wearing the uniform of the U.S. armed forces, the offender can be fined under this title.

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Whoever, being a proprietor, manager, or employee of a theater or other public place of entertainment or amusement in the District of Columbia, or in any Territory, or Possession of the United States, causes any person wearing the uniform of any of the armed forces of the United States to be discriminated against because of that uniform, shall be fined under this title.

Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 697; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 5, 63 Stat. 90; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(G), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 645 · 62 Stat. 697
1949Amended · Act of May 24, 1949, ch. 139 · 63 Stat. 90
1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 2147

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 645 on 1948-06-25.

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