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4 U.S.C. § 71

U.S. CodeFederalPositive Law
Permanent seat of Government
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Title
4 — Flag and Seal, Seat of Government, and the States
Chapter
CH3
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17

Section Text

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All that part of the territory of the United States included within the present limits of the District of Columbia shall be the permanent seat of government of the United States. (July 30, 1947, ch. 389, 61 Stat. 643.)

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