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U.S.C. Title 18-CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I-CRIMES
CHAPTER 33-EMBLEMS, INSIGNIA, AND NAMES

18 U.S. Code § 700

Desecration of the flag of the United States; penalties

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18 U.S. Code § 700. Desecration of the flag of the United States; penalties

(a)

(1)

Whoever knowingly mutilates, defaces, physically defiles, burns, maintains on the floor or ground, or tramples upon any flag of the United States shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.

(2)

This subsection does not prohibit any conduct consisting of the disposal of a flag when it has become worn or soiled.

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The United States Code on COSMOS is current through Public Law 118-34 (12/26/2023), except for Public Law 118-31.

CHAPTER 33-EMBLEMS, INSIGNIA, AND NAMES

§700 Desecration of the flag of the United States; penalties
§701 Official badges, identification cards, other insignia
§702 Uniform of armed forces and Public Health Service
§703 Uniform of friendly nation
§704 Military medals or decorations
§705 Badge or medal of veterans’ organizations
§706 Red Cross
§706a Geneva distinctive emblems
§707 Repealed. Pub. L. 116-260, div. O, title X, § 1002(3), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2155]
§708 Repealed. Pub. L. 116-260, div. O, title X, § 1002(4), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2155]
§709 False advertising or misuse of names to indicate Federal agency
§710 Cremation urns for military use
§711 Repealed. Pub. L. 116-260, div. O, title X, § 1002(5), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2155]
§711a Repealed. Pub. L. 116-260, div. O, title X, § 1002(6), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2155]
§712 Misuse of names, words, emblems, or insignia
§713 Use of likenesses of the great seal of the United States, the seals of the President and Vice President, the seal of the United States Senate, the seal of the United States House of Representatives, and the seal of the United States Congress
§714 Repealed. Pub. L. 97-258, § 2(d)(1)(B), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1058]
§715 Repealed. Pub. L. 116-260, div. O, title X, § 1002(7), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2155]
§716 Public employee insignia and uniform

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Anti-Kickback Statute 42 U.S.C. § 1320a–7b(b)

Clayton Act 15 U.S.C. § 12 et seq.

Clean Air Act 42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq.

Commodity Exchange Act 7 U.S.C. § 1

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq.

Controlled Substances Act 21 U.S.C. § 801 et seq.

Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) 42 U.S.C. § 1395dd

Fair Credit Reporting Act 15 U.S.C. § 1681

False Claims Act 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq.

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 21 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 7 U.S.C. § 136 et seq.

Federal Trade Commission Act 15 U.S.C. § 41 et seq.

Foreign corrupt Practices Act 15 U.S.C. § 78dd-1 et seq.

Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009 (FERA) 18 U.S.C. § 27

Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) 42 U.S.C. § 300jj et seq., 42 U.S.C. § 17901 et seq.

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) 42 U.S.C. § 201

National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 42 U.S.C. § 4321 et seq.

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 42 U.S.C. § 18001 et seq.

Physician Payments Sunshine Act 42 U.S.C. § 1320a–7h

Public Health Service Act 42 U.S.C. § 201 et seq.

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq.

Robinson–Patman Act 15 U.S.C. § 13

Sarbanes-Oxley Act 15 U.S.C. § 7201 et seq.

Securities Act of 1933 15 U.S.C. § 77a et seq.

Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 18 U.S.C. § 3551 et seq.

Sherman Act 15 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.

Social Security Act 42 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.

Stark Law 42 U.S.C. § 1395nn

Toxic Substances Control Act 15 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq.

Desecration of the flag of the United States; penalties

18 U.S. Code § 700. Desecration of the flag of the United States; penalties

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