Title 2 — The CongressRelease 119-73not60
§1944 Wearing Uniform on Duty
Title 2 › Chapter 29— CAPITOL POLICE › Subchapter I— ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION › Part C— Uniform and Arms › § 1944
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Officers, privates, and watchmen of the Capitol Police must wear the official uniform while on duty.
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Title 2, §1944
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The officers, privates, and watchmen of the Capitol police shall, when on duty, wear the regulation uniform.
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Codification Section was classified to section 212 of former Title 40, prior to the enactment of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, by Pub. L. 107–217, § 1, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1062. The text of this section was taken from act Mar. 18, 1904, popularly known as the “Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation Act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1905”. Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation acts: Feb. 25, 1903, ch. 755, § 1, 32 Stat. 857. Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 830, § 1, 31 Stat. 963.
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2 U.S.C. § 1944
Title 2 — The Congress
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Apr 3, 2026
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