§ 9. — Conduct during hoisting, lowering or passing of flag.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 4USC9]
TITLE 4--FLAG AND SEAL, SEAT OF GOVERNMENT, AND THE STATES
CHAPTER 1--THE FLAG
Sec. 9. Conduct during hoisting, lowering or passing of flag
During the ceremony of hoisting or lowering the flag or when the
flag is passing in a parade or in review, 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.
(Added Pub. L. 105-225, Sec. 2(a), Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1498.)
Historical and Revision Notes
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Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large)
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9..................................... 36:177. June 22, 1942, ch. 435, Sec. 5, 56
Stat. 380; Dec. 22, 1942, ch. 806,
Sec. 5, 56 Stat. 1077; July 7, 1976,
Pub. L. 94-344, (17), 90 Stat. 812.
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