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[CITE: 40USC210a]

 
             TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
 
                 CHAPTER 2--CAPITOL BUILDING AND GROUNDS
 
Sec. 210a. Uniforms to display United States flag or colors

    (a) The uniform of officers and members of the United States Park 
Police force, the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division, the 
Capitol Police, and the Metropolitan Police force of the District of 
Columbia shall bear a distinctive patch, pin, or other emblem depicting 
the flag of the United States or the colors thereof.
    (b) The Secretary of the Interior in the case of the United States 
Park Police force, the Secretary of the Treasury in the case of the 
United States Secret Service Uniformed Division, the Capitol Police 
Board in the case of the Capitol Police, and the Mayor of the District 
of Columbia in the case of the Metropolitan Police force shall prescribe 
such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this 
section.

(Pub. L. 91-297, title II, Sec. 201(a), (b), June 30, 1970, 84 Stat. 
357; Pub. L. 93-198, title IV, Sec. 421, Dec. 24, 1973, 87 Stat. 789; 
Pub. L. 95-179, Nov. 15, 1977, 91 Stat. 1371.)

                          Codification

    Section is also set out in D.C. Code, Sec. 4-127.


                               Amendments

    1977--Pub. L. 95-179 substituted ``United States Secret Service 
Uniformed Division'' for ``Executive Protective Service'' wherever 
appearing.


                             Effective Date

    Section 201(c) of Pub. L. 91-297 provided that: ``This section 
[enacting this section] shall take effect one hundred and eighty days 
after the date of enactment of this title [June 30, 1970].''

                          Transfer of Functions

    Office of Commissioner of District of Columbia, as established by 
Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1967, abolished as of noon Jan. 2, 1975, by Pub. L. 
93-198, title VII, Sec. 711, Dec. 24, 1973, 87 Stat. 818, and replaced 
by office of Mayor of District of Columbia by section 421 of Pub. L. 93-
198, classified to section 1-241 of the District of Columbia Code. 
Accordingly, ``Mayor'' substituted in text for ``commissioner''.
