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§2. Same; additional stars

4 U.S.C. § 2

On the admission of a new State into the Union one star shall be added to the union of the flag; and such addition shall take effect on the fourth day of July then next succeeding such admission.

Notes, amendments, and revision history

(July 30, 1947, ch. 389, 61 Stat. 642.)