2 USC § 1944 - Wearing uniform on duty

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identifier: "/us/usc/t2/s1944"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "2 USC § 1944 - Wearing uniform on duty"
title_number: 2
title_name: "THE CONGRESS"
section_number: "1944"
section_name: "Wearing uniform on duty"
chapter_number: 29
chapter_name: "CAPITOL POLICE"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION"
part_number: "C"
part_name: "Uniform and Arms"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Mar. 18, 1904, ch. 716, § 1, 33 Stat. 89.)"
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# § 1944. Wearing uniform on duty

The officers, privates, and watchmen of the Capitol police shall, when on duty, wear the regulation uniform.

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**Source Credit**: (Mar. 18, 1904, ch. 716, § 1, 33 Stat. 89.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was classified to section 212 of former Title 40, prior to the enactment of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, by , , .

The text of this section was taken from act , popularly known as the “Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation Act for the fiscal year ending ”. Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:

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