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title: "20 U.S.C. § 3485"
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# 20 U.S.C. § 3485 - Seal of Department

## Text

The Secretary shall cause a seal of office to be made for the Department of such design as the Secretary shall approve. Judicial notice shall be taken of such seal.

(Pub. L. 96–88, title IV, § 425, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 688.)