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[CITE: 36USC301]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
      Subtitle I--Patriotic and National Observances and Ceremonies
 
                   Part A--Observances and Ceremonies
 
       CHAPTER 3--NATIONAL ANTHEM, MOTTO, FLORAL EMBLEM, AND MARCH
 
Sec. 301. National anthem

    (a) Designation.--The composition consisting of the words and music 
known as the Star-Spangled Banner is the national anthem.
    (b) Conduct During Playing.--During a rendition of the national 
anthem--
        (1) when the flag is displayed--
            (A) all present except those in uniform should stand at 
        attention facing the flag with the right hand over the heart;
            (B) men not in uniform should remove their headdress with 
        their right hand and hold the headdress at the left shoulder, 
        the hand being over the heart; and
            (C) individuals in uniform should give the military salute 
        at the first note of the anthem and maintain that position until 
        the last note; and

        (2) when the flag is not displayed, all present should face 
    toward the music and act in the same manner they would if the flag 
    were displayed.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1263.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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301(a)................................  36:170.                          Mar. 3
, 1931, ch. 436, 46 Stat. 1508.
301(b)................................  36:171.                          June 2
2, 1942, ch. 435, Sec.  6, 56
                                                                          Stat.
 380; Dec. 22, 1942, ch. 806,
                                                                          Sec. 
 6, 56 Stat. 1077; July 7, 1976,
                                                                          Pub. 
L. 94-344, Sec.  1(18), 90 Stat.
                                                                          812.
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