Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 700 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 700 : US Code - Notes

(Added Pub. L. 90-381, Sec. 1, July 5, 1968, 82 Stat. 291; amended
Pub. L. 101-131, Secs. 2, 3, Oct. 28, 1989, 103 Stat. 777.)
AMENDMENTS
1989 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101-131, Sec. 2(a), amended subsec.
(a) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows:
"Whoever knowingly casts contempt upon any flag of the United
States by publicly mutilating, defacing, defiling, burning, or
trampling upon it shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned
for not more than one year, or both."
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101-131, Sec. 2(b), amended subsec. (b)
generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) read as follows: "The
term 'flag of the United States' as used in this section, shall
include any flag, standard colors, ensign, or any picture or
representation of either, or of any part or parts of either, made
of any substance or represented on any substance, of any size
evidently purporting to be either of said flag, standard, color, or
ensign of the United States of America, or a picture or a
representation of either, upon which shall be shown the colors, the
stars and the stripes, in any number of either thereof, or of any
part or parts of either, by which the average person seeing the
same without deliberation may believe the same to represent the
flag, standards, colors, or ensign of the United States of
America."
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 101-131, Sec. 3, added subsec. (d).
SHORT TITLE OF 2000 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 106-547, Sec. 1, Dec. 19, 2000, 114 Stat. 2738, provided
that: "This Act [enacting sections 716 and 1036 of this title] may
be cited as the 'Enhanced Federal Security Act of 2000'."
SHORT TITLE OF 1989 AMENDMENT
Section 1 of Pub. L. 101-131 provided that: "This Act [amending
this section] may be cited as the 'Flag Protection Act of 1989'."