# § 7594. Furnishing of heraldic services
**(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.
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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 85–263, § 1(1), Sept. 2, 1957, 71 Stat. 589, § 4594; renumbered § 7594, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(d), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839.)
## Editorial Notes
### Amendments
2018— renumbered as this section.
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment
Amendment by effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .
### Effective Date
> “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].”
, , , provided that: