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# 42 U.S.C. § 7264 - Seal of Department

## Text

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

(Pub. L. 95–91, title VI, § 654, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 602.)