2021 US Code
Title 4 - Flag and Seal, Seat of Government, and the States
Chapter 1 - The Flag
Sec. 2 - Same; additional stars

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Citation 4 U.S.C. § 2 (2021)
Section Name ยง2. Same; additional stars
Section Text

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.

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(July 30, 1947, ch. 389, 61 Stat. 642.)

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, 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. 2 - Same; additional stars
Contains section 2
Date 2021
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 3, 2022
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 61 Stat. 642
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