---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 506"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "506"
heading: "Duration of regulations and licenses and publication of regulations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/506"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — Patriotic and National Observances and Ceremonies"
  - "Part A — Observances and Ceremonies"
  - "Chapter 5 — Presidential Inaugural Ceremonies"
---

# §506. Duration of regulations and licenses and publication of regulations


Regulations prescribed and licenses authorized under this chapter are effective only during the [inaugural period](/usc/36/501.md?p=2). The regulations shall be published in at least one daily newspaper published in the District of Columbia. A penalty prescribed for violating such a regulation may not be enforced until 5 days after publication.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1265.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 506 | 36:728 (1st, 2d sentences). | Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 974, § 8 (1st, 2d sentences), 70 Stat. 1051. |

The words “full force and” are omitted as unnecessary.