36 USC § 300106 - Emblem, badge, and brassard

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identifier: "/us/usc/t36/s300106"
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title: "36 USC § 300106 - Emblem, badge, and brassard"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "300106"
section_name: "Emblem, badge, and brassard"
chapter_number: 3001
chapter_name: "THE AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1492.)"
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# § 300106. Emblem, badge, and brassard

**(a)** **Emblem and Badge.—** In carrying out its purposes under this chapter, the corporation may have and use, as an emblem and badge, a Greek red cross on a white ground, as described in the treaties of Geneva, August 22, 1864, July 27, 1929, and August 12, 1949, and adopted by the nations acceding to those treaties.

**(b)** **Delivery of Brassard.—** In accordance with those treaties, the delivery of the brassard allowed for individuals neutralized in time of war shall be left to military authority.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1492.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 300106(a) | 36:2 (1st sentence words between 3d and 4th semicolons). | Jan. 5, 1905, ch. 23, § 2 (1st sentence words between 3d and 4th semicolons, last sentence), 33 Stat. 600; May 8, 1947, ch. 50, § 3, 61 Stat. 81. |
| 300106(b) | 36:2 (last sentence). |  |

In subsection (a), the words “under this chapter” are substituted for “hereinafter designated” for clarity. The date “” is added to include the reference to a subsequent treaty.