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 PUBLIC LAW 105-225—AUG. 12, 1998 112 STAT. 1497 "(2) the term 'executive or military department' means any agency listed under sections 101 and 102 of title 5, United States Code; and "(3) the term 'Member of Congress' means a Senator, a Representative, a Delegate, or the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico. "(n) When the flag is used to cover a casket, it should be so placed that the union is at the head and over the left shoulder. The flag should not be lowered into the grave or allowed to touch the ground. "(o) When the flag is suspended across a corridor or lobby in a building with only one main entrance, it should be suspended vertically with the union of the flag to the observer's left upon entering. If the building has more than one main entrance, the flag should be suspended vertically near the center of the corridor or lobby with the union to the north, when entrances are to the east and west or to the east when entrances are to the north and south. If there are entrances in more than two directions, the union should be to the east. '*§8. Respect for flag "No disrespect should be shown to the flag of the United States of America; the flag should not be dipped to any person or thing. Regimental colors. State flags, and organization or institutional flags are to be dipped as a mark of honor. "(a) The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property. "(b) The flag should never touch anjdihing beneath it, such as the ground, the floor, water, or merchandise. "(c) The flag should never be carried flat or horizontally, but always aloft and free. "(d) The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery. It should never be festooned, drawn back, nor up, in folds, but always allowed to fall free. Bunting of blue, white, and red, always arranged with the blue above, the white in the middle, and the red below, should be used for covering a speaker's desk, draping the front of the platform, and for decoration in general. "(e) The flag should never be fastened, displayed, used, or stored in such a manner as to permit it to be easily torn, soiled, or damaged in any way. "(f) The flag should never be used as a covering for a ceiling. "(g) The flag should never have placed upon it, nor on any part of it, nor attached to it any mark, insignia, letter, word, figure, design, picture, or drawing of any nature. "(h) The flag should never be used as a receptacle for receiving, holding, carrying, or delivering anything. "(i) The flag should never be used for advertising purposes in any manner whatsoever. It should not be embroidered on such articles as cushions or handkerchiefs and the like, printed or otherwise impressed on paper napkins or boxes or an3^hing that is designed for temporary use and discard. Advertising signs should not be fastened to a staff" or halyard from which the flag is flown. "(j) No part of the flag should ever be used as a costume or athletic uniform. However, a flag patch may be affixed to the uniform of military personnel, firemen, policemen, and members

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