40 USC § 3105 - Buildings not to be draped in mourning

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title: "40 USC § 3105 - Buildings not to be draped in mourning"
title_number: 40
title_name: "PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS"
section_number: "3105"
section_name: "Buildings not to be draped in mourning"
chapter_number: 31
chapter_name: "GENERAL"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "OVERSIGHT AND REGULATION OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS"
part_number: "A"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1143.)"
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# § 3105. Buildings not to be draped in mourning

No building owned, or used for public purposes, by the Federal Government shall be draped in mourning nor may public money be used for that purpose.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1143.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 3105 | 40:286. | Mar. 3, 1893, ch. 211, § 3, 27 Stat. 715. |

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