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# 40 U.S.C. § 3105 - Buildings not to be draped in mourning

## Text

No building owned, or used for public purposes, by the Federal Government shall be draped in mourning nor may public money be used for that purpose.

(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1143.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 310540:286.Mar. 3, 1893, ch. 211, § 3, 27 Stat. 715. The words “On and after March 3, 1893” are omitted as obsolete.