Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§7594 Furnishing of Heraldic Services
Title 10 › Subtitle B — Army › PART IV — SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT › CHAPTER 767 — UTILITIES AND SERVICES › § 7594
Summary
The Secretary of the Army can let a person or office he chooses design heraldic items for another military department under rules he makes. If a department asks for a design, its Secretary must approve the request. The Army Secretary can also advise other U.S. departments and agencies on heraldry when asked, and he can set rules for getting paid for these services.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §7594
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(a)Under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Army, an authority designated by him may, upon the request of, and subject to approval by, the Secretary of another military department, design flags, insignia, badges, medals, seals, decorations, guidons, streamers, finial pieces for flagstaffs, buttons, buckles, awards, trophies, marks, emblems, rosettes, scrolls, braids, ribbons, knots, tabs, cords, and similar items for the requesting department.
(b)Upon request the Secretary of the Army may advise other departments and agencies of the United States on matters of heraldry.
(c)The Secretary of the Army may prescribe regulations providing for reimbursement for services furnished under this section.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 4594 of this title as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of
Amendments
and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.
Effective Date
Pub. L. 85–263, § 2, Sept. 2, 1957, 71 Stat. 589, provided that: “This Act [enacting this section] takes effect on the first day of the first month after the month in which it is enacted [September 1957].”
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 7594
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102