42 U.S.C. § 238g
Wearing of uniforms
United States · Title 42 — THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE · Status: effective
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- 42 U.S.C. § 238g, Wearing of uniforms, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/475083
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Except as may be authorized by regulations of the President, the insignia and uniform of commissioned officers of the Service, or any distinctive part of such insignia or uniform, or any insignia or uniform any part of which is similar to a distinctive part thereof, shall not be worn, after the promulgation of such regulations, by any person other than a commissioned officer of the Service.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- Alcohol and Drug Abuse Amendments of 1983House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- State Comprehensive Mental Health Services Plan Act of 1986House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Health Omnibus Extension of 1988House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act of 1990House: no recorded tallySenate: 95–4
- National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993