Title 2, The CongressRelease 119-102
§1944 Wearing Uniform on Duty
Title 2 › CHAPTER 29 — CAPITOL POLICE › SUBCHAPTER I — ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION › Part C — Uniform and Arms › § 1944
Summary
Capitol Police officers, privates, and watchmen must wear the official uniform while they are 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
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102