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[CITE: 36USC901]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
      Subtitle I--Patriotic and National Observances and Ceremonies
 
                   Part A--Observances and Ceremonies
 
                        CHAPTER 9--MISCELLANEOUS
 
Sec. 901. Service flag and service lapel button

    (a) Individuals Entitled To Display Service Flag.--A service flag 
approved by the Secretary of Defense may be displayed in a window of the 
place of residence of individuals who are members of the immediate 
family of an individual serving in the Armed Forces of the United States 
during any period of war or hostilities in which the Armed Forces of the 
United States are engaged.
    (b) Individuals Entitled To Display Service Lapel Button.--A service 
lapel button approved by the Secretary may be worn by members of the 
immediate family of an individual serving in the Armed Forces of the 
United States during any period of war or hostilities in which the Armed 
Forces of the United States are engaged.
    (c) License To Manufacture and Sell Service Flags and Service Lapel 
Buttons.--Any person may apply to the Secretary for a license to 
manufacture and sell the approved service flag, or the approved service 
lapel button, or both. Any person that manufactures a service flag or 
service lapel button without having first obtained a license, or 
otherwise violates this section is liable to the United States 
Government for a civil penalty of not more than $1,000.
    (d) Regulations.--The Secretary may prescribe regulations necessary 
to carry out this section.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1267.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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901(a)................................  36:179.                          Oct. 1
7, 1942, ch. 615, 56 Stat. 796;
                                                                          May 2
7, 1953, ch. 70, 67 Stat. 35.
901(b)................................  36:180.
901(c)................................  36:181.
901(d)................................  36:182.
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    In subsection (c), the text of 36:181 (1st sentence) is omitted as 
executed. The word ``Thereafter'' is omitted as obsolete. The words ``is 
liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of'' are 
substituted for ``shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined'' for 
consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United 
States Code.
