2013 US Code
Title 4 - Flag and Seal, Seat of Government, and the States
Chapter 1 - THE FLAG (§§ 1 - 10)
Section 1 - Flag; stripes and stars on
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 4 - FLAG AND SEAL, SEAT OF GOVERNMENT, AND THE STATES |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 4 - FLAG AND SEAL, SEAT OF GOVERNMENT, AND THE STATES CHAPTER 1 - THE FLAG Sec. 1 - Flag; stripes and stars on |
Contains | section 1 |
Date | 2013 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Short Titles | Korean War Veterans Recognition Act.</p> Army Specialist Joseph P. Micks Federal Flag Code Amendment Act of 2007.</p> Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Act.</p> |
Source Credit | July 30, 1947, ch. 389, 61 Stat. 642. |
Presidential Document Number References | Executive Order 10798, Executive Order 10798 |
Statutes at Large References | 61 Stat. 642 63 Stat. 377 114 Stat. 626 121 Stat. 233 123 Stat. 1962 |
Public Law References | Public Law 106-252, Public Law 110-41, Public Law 111-41 |
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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.
(July 30, 1947, ch. 389, 61 Stat. 642.)
SHORT TITLE OF 2009 AMENDMENTPub. L. 111–41, §1, July 27, 2009, 123 Stat. 1962, provided that: “This Act [amending section 6 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Korean War Veterans Recognition Act’.”
SHORT TITLE OF 2007 AMENDMENTPub. L. 110–41, §1, June 29, 2007, 121 Stat. 233, provided that: “This Act [amending section 7 of this title and provisions set out as a note under section 7 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Army Specialist Joseph P. Micks Federal Flag Code Amendment Act of 2007’.”
SHORT TITLE OF 2000 AMENDMENTPub. L. 106–252, §1, July 28, 2000, 114 Stat. 626, provided that: “This Act [enacting sections 116 to 126 of this title and provisions set out as a note under section 116 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Act’.”
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 10798Ex. Ord. No. 10798, Jan. 3, 1959, 24 F.R. 79, which prescribed proportions and sizes of flags until July 4, 1960, was revoked by section 33 of Ex. Ord. No. 10834, set out as a note under this section.
EX. ORD. NO. 10834. PROPORTIONS AND SIZES OF FLAGS AND POSITION OF STARSEx. Ord. No. 10834, Aug. 21, 1959, 24 F.R. 6865, provided:
WHEREAS the State of Hawaii has this day been admitted into the Union; and
WHEREAS section 2 of title 4 of the United States Code provides as follows: “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.”; and
WHEREAS the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 377), as amended [see chapters 1 to 11 of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, and division C (except sections 3302, 3307(e), 3501(b), 3509, 3906, 4710, and 4711) of subtitle I of Title 41, Public Contracts] authorizes the President to prescribe policies and directives governing the procurement and utilization of property by executive agencies; and
WHEREAS the interests of the Government require that orderly and reasonable provision be made for various matters pertaining to the flag and that appropriate regulations governing the procurement and utilization of national flags and union jacks by executive agencies be prescribed:
NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States and as Commander in Chief of the armed forces of the United States, and the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended [see Short Title of 1949 Act note under section 101 of Title 41, Public Contracts], it is hereby ordered as follows:
PART I—DESIGN OF THE FLAGSize | Dimensions of Flag | |
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Hoist (width) | Fly (length) | |
Feet | Feet | |
(1) | 20.00 | 38.00 |
(2) | 10.00 | 19.00 |
(3) | 8.95 | 17.00 |
(4) | 7.00 | 11.00 |
(5) | 5.00 | 9.50 |
(6) | 4.33 | 5.50 |
(7) | 3.50 | 6.65 |
(8) | 3.00 | 4.00 |
(9) | 3.00 | 5.70 |
(10) | 2.37 | 4.50 |
(11) | 1.32 | 2.50 |
(a) Shall conform to the provisions of Part I of this order, except as may be otherwise authorized pursuant to the provisions of section 24, or except as otherwise authorized by the provisions of section 21, of this order.
(b) Shall conform to the provisions of section 21 of this order, except as may be otherwise authorized pursuant to the provisions of section 24 of this order.
(b) So far as practicable, (1) the actions of the Secretary of Defense under the provisions of section 24(a) of this order, as they relate to the various organizational elements of the Department of Defense, shall be coordinated, and (2) the Secretary and the Administrator shall mutually coordinate their actions under that section.
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Hoist (width) of flag 1.0 | Fly (length) of flag 1.9 | Hoist (width) of Union 0.5385 (7/13) | Fly (length) of Union 0.76 | 0.054 | 0.054 | 0.063 | 0.063 | Diameter of star 0.0616 | Width of stripe 0.0769 (1/13) |
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A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | K | L |
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