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4 U.S.C. § 42 — Same; custody and use of
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The Secretary of State shall have the custody and charge of such seal. Except as provided by [section 2902(a) of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section2902/a&num=0&edition=prelim), the seal shall not be affixed to any instrument without the special warrant of the President therefor.
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The Secretary of State shall have the custody and charge of such seal. Except as provided by [section 2902(a) of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section2902/a&num=0&edition=prelim), the seal shall not be affixed to any instrument without the special warrant of the President therefor.
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The President of the United States is authorized to designate and empower the head of any department or agency in the executive branch, or any official thereof who is required to be appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to perform without approval, ratification, or other action by the President (1) any function which is vested in the President by law, or (2) any function which such officer is required or authorized by law to perform only with or subject to the approval, ratification, or other action of the President: Provided, That nothing contained herein shall relieve the President of his responsibility in office for the acts of any such head or other official designated by him to perform such functions. Such designation and authorization shall be in writing, shall be published in the Federal Register, shall be subject to such terms, conditions, and limitations as the President may deem advisable, and shall be revocable at any time by the President in whole or in part.
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**(a)** Except as provided by subsections (b) and (c) of this section, the Secretary of State shall make out and record, and affix the seal of the United States to, the commission of an officer appointed by the President. The seal of the United States may not be affixed to the commission before the commission has been signed by the President.
**(b)** The commission of an officer in the civil service or uniformed services under the control of the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of a military department, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the Secretary of the Treasury shall be made out and recorded in the department in which he is to serve under the seal of that department. The departmental seal may not be affixed to the commission before the commission has been signed by the President.
**(c)** The commissions of judicial officers and United States attorneys and marshals, appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and other commissions which before August 8, 1888, were prepared at the Department of State on the requisition of the Attorney General, shall be made out and recorded in the Department of Justice under the seal of that department and countersigned by the Attorney General. The departmental seal may not be affixed to the commission before the commission has been signed by the President.
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TITLE 4—FLAG AND SEAL, SEAT OF GOVERNMENT, AND THE STATES
§ 10
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Revised
Section
Source (U.S. Code)
Source (Statutes at Large)
9 ................
36:177.
June 22, 1942, ch. 435, § 5, 56
Stat. 380; Dec. 22, 1942, ch.
806, § 5, 56 Stat. 1077; July
7, 1976, Pub. L. 94–344, (17),
90 Stat. 812.
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2008—Pub. L. 110–181 substituted ‘‘all persons present
in uniform should render the military salute. Members
of the Armed Forces and veterans who are present but
not in uniform may render the military salute. All
other persons present should face the flag and stand at
attention with their right hand over the heart, or if ap-
plicable, remove their headdress with their right hand
and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand being over the
heart. Citizens of other countries present should stand
at attention. All such conduct toward the flag in a
moving column should be rendered at the moment the
flag passes.’’ for ‘‘all persons present except those in
uniform should face the flag and stand at attention
with the right hand over the heart. Those present in
uniform should render the military salute. When not in
uniform, men should remove their headdress with their
right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand
being over the heart. Aliens should stand at attention.
The salute to the flag in a moving column should be
rendered at the moment the flag passes.’’
§ 10. Modification of rules and customs by Presi-
dent
Any rule or custom pertaining to the display
of the flag of the United States of America, set
forth herein, may be altered, modified, or re-
pealed, or additional rules with respect thereto
may be prescribed, by the Commander in Chief
of the Armed Forces of the United States, when-
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