1997 US Code
Title 36 - PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES AND OBSERVANCES
CHAPTER 10 - PATRIOTIC CUSTOMS
Sec. 179 - Design for service flag; persons entitled to display flag
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 1994 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 36 - PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES AND OBSERVANCES |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 36 - PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES AND OBSERVANCES CHAPTER 10 - PATRIOTIC CUSTOMS Sec. 179 - Design for service flag; persons entitled to display flag |
Contains | section 179 |
Date | 1997 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 26, 1998 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Oct. 17, 1942, ch. 615, §1, 56 Stat. 796; May 27, 1953, ch. 70, 67 Stat. 35. |
Statutes at Large References | 56 Stat. 796 67 Stat. 35 |
§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.
(Oct. 17, 1942, ch. 615, §1, 56 Stat. 796; May 27, 1953, ch. 70, 67 Stat. 35.)
Amendments1953—Act May 27, 1953, substituted “Secretary of Defense” for “Secretary of War” and “any period of war or hostilities in which the Armed Forces of the United States may be engaged” for “the current war”.
Section Referred to in Other SectionsThis section is referred to in sections 181, 182 of this title.
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