Public Law 94-344


 * Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,


 * That the joint resolution entitled ‘‘Joint resolution to codify and emphasize existing rules and customs pertaining to the display and use of the flag of the United States of America’’, as amended (36 U.S.C. 171-178), is amended—


 * (1) by adding after the last sentence of section 1 the following:


 * ‘‘The flag of the United States for the purpose of this chapter shall be defined according to title 4, United States Code, chapter 1, section 1 and section 2 and Executive Order 10834 issued pursuant thereto’’;


 * (2) by striking out the second sentence of section 2(a) and inserting in lieu thereof the following:


 * ‘‘However, when a patriotic effect is desired, the flag may be displayed twenty-four hours a day if properly illuminated during the hours of darkness.’’;


 * (3) by inserting in section 2(c) before the period a comma and the following:


 * ‘‘except when an all weather flag is displayed’’;


 * (4) by striking out section 2(d) and inserting in lieu thereof the following:


 * (5) by striking out ‘‘, weather permitting,’’ in section 2(e);


 * (6) by striking out ‘‘radiator cap’’ in section 3(b) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘right fender’’;

Approved July 7, 1976.

Legislative History

 * SENATE REPORTS:
 * No. 94-797 (Comm. on the Judiciary)
 * CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 122 (1976):
 * May. 10, considered and passed Senate.
 * June 21, considered and passed House, amended.
 * June 22, Senate concurred in House amendments.
 * June 22, Senate concurred in House amendments.


 * Source:
 * Public Law 77-623. &minus; 56 Stat. 377, . 435, H.J.Res. 303, enacted June 22, 1942.


 * Amended by:
 * Public Law 77-829. &minus; 56 Stat. 1074, . 806, H.J.Res. 359, enacted December 22, 1942.
 * Public Law 83-396. &minus; 68 Stat. 249, . 297, H.J.Res. 243, enacted June 14, 1954.
 * Public Law 94-344. &minus; 90 Stat. 810, S.J.Res. 49, enacted July 7, 1976.

