{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/s214","title_num":"42","num":"§ 214.","heading":"Presentation of United States flag upon retirement","status":null,"guid":"id5ca36ce1-4aa7-11eb-94f5-9ff2c44f6f3c","source_credit":"(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title II, § 213, as added Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title VI, § 652(b), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 665.)","seq_in_title":74,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch6A/schI/ptA","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42","level":"title","num":"Title 42—","heading":"THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch6A","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 6A—","heading":"PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch6A/schI","level":"subchapter","num":"SUBCHAPTER I—","heading":"ADMINISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch6A/schI/ptA","level":"part","num":"Part A—","heading":"Administration","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id87d66a44-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s214\"><num value=\"214\">§ 214.</num><heading> Presentation of United States flag upon retirement</heading><subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I19\" class=\"indent2 firstIndent-2\" id=\"id87d69155-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s214/a\"><num value=\"a\" class=\"bold\">(a)</num><heading class=\"bold\"> Presentation of flag</heading><content><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">Upon the release of an officer of the commissioned corps of the Service from active commissioned service for retirement, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall present a United States flag to the officer.</p>\n</content>\n</subsection>\n<subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I19\" class=\"indent2 firstIndent-2\" id=\"id87d69156-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s214/b\"><num value=\"b\" class=\"bold\">(b)</num><heading class=\"bold\"> Multiple presentations not authorized</heading><content><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">An officer is not eligible for presentation of a flag under subsection (a) if the officer has previously been presented a flag under this section or any other provision of law providing for the presentation of a United States flag incident to release from active service for retirement.</p>\n</content>\n</subsection>\n<subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I19\" class=\"indent2 firstIndent-2\" id=\"id87d69157-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s214/c\"><num value=\"c\" class=\"bold\">(c)</num><heading class=\"bold\"> No cost to recipient</heading><content><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">The presentation of a flag under this section shall be at no cost to the recipient.</p>\n</content>\n</subsection>\n<sourceCredit id=\"id87d69158-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\">(<ref href=\"/us/act/1944-07-01/ch373\">July 1, 1944, ch. 373</ref>, title II, § 213, as added <ref href=\"/us/pl/106/65/dA/tVI/s652/b\">Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title VI, § 652(b)</ref>, <date date=\"1999-10-05\">Oct. 5, 1999</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/113/665\">113 Stat. 665</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id87d69159-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"priorProvisions\" id=\"id87d6915a-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Prior Provisions</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">A prior section 214, acts <ref href=\"/us/act/1944-07-01/ch373\">July 1, 1944, ch. 373</ref>, title II, § 213, <ref href=\"/us/stat/58/689\">58 Stat. 689</ref>; <ref href=\"/us/act/1956-04-27/ch211/s2/a\">Apr. 27, 1956, ch. 211, § 2(a)</ref>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/70/116\">70 Stat. 116</ref>, authorized allowances for uniforms, prior to repeal by <ref href=\"/us/pl/87/649/s14b\">Pub. L. 87–649, § 14b</ref>, <date date=\"1962-09-07\">Sept. 7, 1962</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/76/499\">76 Stat. 499</ref>. See <ref href=\"/us/usc/t37/s415\">section 415 of Title 37</ref>, Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services.</p>\n</note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"effectiveDate\" id=\"id87d6915b-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Effective Date</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Section applicable with respect to releases from service described in section on or after <date date=\"1999-10-01\">Oct. 1, 1999</date>, see <ref href=\"/us/pl/106/65/s652/d\">section 652(d) of Pub. L. 106–65</ref>, set out as a note under <ref href=\"/us/usc/t10/s12605\">section 12605 of Title 10</ref>, Armed Forces.</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-19","currency_date":"2019-05-31","congress":116,"law_num":19,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":174,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["25","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}