2020 US Code
Title 4 - Flag and Seal, Seat of Government, and the States
Chapter 3 - Seat of the Government
Sec. 71 - Permanent seat of Government

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Citation 4 U.S.C. § 71 (2020)
Section Name ยง71. Permanent seat of Government
Section Text

All that part of the territory of the United States included within the present limits of the District of Columbia shall be the permanent seat of government of the United States.

Source Credit

(July 30, 1947, ch. 389, 61 Stat. 643.)

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 2, 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 3 - SEAT OF THE GOVERNMENT
Sec. 71 - Permanent seat of Government
Contains section 71
Date 2020
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 13, 2021
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 61 Stat. 643
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