18 USC § 244 - Discrimination against person wearing uniform of armed forces

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identifier: "/us/usc/t18/s244"
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title: "18 USC § 244 - Discrimination against person wearing uniform of armed forces"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "244"
section_name: "Discrimination against person wearing uniform of armed forces"
chapter_number: 13
chapter_name: "CIVIL RIGHTS"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "CRIMES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 697; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 5, 63 Stat. 90; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(G), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)"
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# § 244. Discrimination against person wearing uniform of armed forces

Whoever, being a proprietor, manager, or employee of a theater or other public place of entertainment or amusement in the District of Columbia, or in any Territory, or Possession of the United States, causes any person wearing the uniform of any of the armed forces of the United States to be discriminated against because of that uniform, shall be fined under this title.

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**Source Credit**: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 697; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 5, 63 Stat. 90; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(G), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

### 1948 Act

Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 523 (, ; , ; , ).

Words “guilty of a misdemeanor”, following “shall be”, were omitted as unnecessary in view of definition of “misdemeanor” in . (See reviser’s note under .)

Changes were made in phraseology.

### 1949 Act

This section [section 5] substitutes, in , U.S.C., “any of the armed forces of the United States” for the enumeration of specific branches and thereby includes the Air Force, formerly part of the Army. This clarification is necessary because of the establishment of the Air Force as a separate branch of the Armed Forces by the act of .

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1994— substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $500”.

1949—Act , substituted “any of the armed forces of the United States” for enumeration of the specific branches.