1997 U.S. Code
Title 36 - PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES AND OBSERVANCES
CHAPTER 30 - PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL CEREMONIES
Sec. 721 - Short title; definitions

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§721. Short title; definitions

(a) This chapter may be cited as the “Presidential Inaugural Ceremonies Act”.

(b) For the purposes of this chapter—

(1) The term “inaugural period” means the period which includes the day on which the ceremony of inaugurating the President is held, the five calendar days immediately preceding such day, and the four calendar days immediately subsequent to such day;

(2) The term “Inaugural Committee” means the committee in charge of the Presidential inaugural ceremony and functions and activities connected therewith, to be appointed by the President-elect;

(3) The term “Mayor” means the Mayor of the District of Columbia or the Mayor's designated agent or agents;

(4) The term “Secretary of Defense” means the Secretary of Defense or his designated agent or agents; and

(5) The term “Secretary of the Interior” means the Secretary of the Interior or his designated agent or agents.

(Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 974, §1, 70 Stat. 1049; 1967 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §401, eff. Aug. 11, 1967, 32 F.R. 11669, 81 Stat. 951; Dec. 24, 1973, Pub. L. 93–198, title IV, §421, 87 Stat. 789.)

Codification

Section is also set out in D.C. Code, §1–1801.

Partial Repeal

Pub. L. 85–861, §36A, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1570, repealed subsec. (b)(1) of this section insofar as it was applicable to section 726 of this title. See section 2543 of Title 10, Armed Forces.

Transfer of Functions

Except as otherwise provided in Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1967, eff. Aug. 11, 1967 (in part), 32 F.R. 11669, 81 Stat. 948, all functions of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia were transferred to the Commissioner of the District of Columbia by section 401 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1967. References to “Commissioners” in this chapter are deemed to refer to the Commissioner of the District of Columbia pursuant to section 730 of this title. The office of Commissioner of the District of Columbia, as established by Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1967, was abolished as of noon Jan. 2, 1975, by Pub. L. 93–198, title VII, §711, Dec. 24, 1973, 87 Stat. 818, and replaced by the office of Mayor of the District of Columbia by section 421 of Pub. L. 93–198, classified to section 1–241 of the District of Columbia Code. Accordingly, references to Mayor were substituted for Commissioners.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in title 10 section 2543; title 40 section 490.