36-U.S.C.-302

§302 – National Motto

Pathway

Title 36 > Subtitle I > Part A > Chapter 3 > Section 302

Details

• Reference: Section 302
• Legend: §302 – National Motto
• USCode Year: 2013

Provision Content

In God we trust is the national motto.

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1263; Pub. L. 107–293, §3(a), Nov. 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 2060.)

Amendments

2002—Pub. L. 107–293 reenacted section catchline and text without change.

Reaffirmation of Language

Pub. L. 107–293, §3(b), Nov. 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 2061, provided that: In codifying this subsection [probably should be section, meaning section 3 of Pub. L. 107–293, which amended this section], the Office of the Law Revision Counsel shall make no change in section 302, title 36, United States Code, but shall show in the historical and statutory notes that the 107th Congress reaffirmed the exact language that has appeared in the Motto for decades.

U.S. Encyclopedia of Law Coverage

36-U.S.C.-139 in the Legal Encyclopedia: Patriotic Acts

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