§ 9012. Department of the Air Force: seal

Statutory text

The Secretary of the Air Force shall have a seal for the Department of the Air Force. The design of the seal must be approved by the President. Judicial notice shall be taken of the seal.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1956
Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 488, § 8011 · 70A Stat. 488
Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 9012
Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 488, § 8011
Source evidence
Code source credit
Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 488, § 8011
1986
Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986
Pub. L. 99–433 title V § 521(a)(1) · 100 Stat. 992
Changed · 10 U.S.C. § 9012
Pub. L. 99–433 renumbered section 8011 of this title as this section
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 99–433 renumbered section 8011 of this title as this section.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) Sections 8010, 8011, 8012, 10 USC 8010 et seq. 8013, and 8014 are redesignated as sections 8011, 8012, 8013, 8014, and 8015, respectively.
2018
John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019
Pub. L. 115–232 div. A title VIII § 806(c) · 132 Stat. 1636
Changed · 10 U.S.C. § 9012
Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 8012 of this title as this section
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 8012 of this title as this section.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(c) Subtitle D, Part I, Section Numbers.— Each 10 USC prec. 9511, prec. 9531, prec. 9561, prec. 9591, prec. 9621, prec. 9651, prec. 9681, prec. 9711, prec. 9741, prec. 9771, prec. 9801, prec. 9831. section in part I of such subtitle is redesignated so that the number of the section, as redesignated, is the number equal to the previous number plus 1,000.
Effective date note
Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Notes

historicalAndRevision

Historical and Revision Notes
Revised section	Source (U.S. Code)	Source (Statutes at Large)
8011	5:626(g).	July 26, 1947, ch. 343, § 207(g), 61 Stat 503.

The words “of office” are omitted as surplusage. The words “a design” are substituted for the words “such device”.

Editorial Notes

Amendments1986–2018 · 2 rounds

2018

Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 8012 of this title as this section.

1986

Pub. L. 99–433 renumbered section 8011 of this title as this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

Executive Documents

Ex. Ord. No. 9902. Seal for the Department of the Air Force

Ex. Ord. No. 9902, Nov. 1, 1947, 12 F.R. 7153, provided:

WHEREAS section 207(g) of the National Security Act of 1947, approved July 26, 1947 (Public Law 253, 80th Congress 1st Session) provides, in part, that the Secretary of the Air Force shall cause a seal of office to be made for the Department of the Air Force of such device as the President shall approve; and

WHEREAS the Secretary of the Air Force has caused to be made and has recommended that I approve a seal the design of which accompanies and is hereby made a part of this order, and which is described in heraldic terms as follows:

SHIELD: Per fess nebuly abased azure and argent, in chief a thunderbolt or inflamed proper.

CREST: On a wreath argent and azure an American bald eagle, wings displayed and partially elevated proper in front of a cloud argent.

Encircling the shield and crest an arc of thirteen stars and below the shield the inscription “MCMXLVII”.

On a band encircling the whole the inscriptions “Department of the Air Force” and “United States of America.”

When illustrating the seal in color the background shall be ultramarine blue, the shield a light blue and white, and the thunderbolt in gold with flames in natural color. The twists of the wreath shall be alternated white and blue, and the eagle shall be in natural color in front of a white cloud. The thirteen stars shall be white, and the Roman numerals shall be gold. The encircling band shall be white edged in gold with black letters.

AND WHEREAS it appears that such seal is of suitable design and is appropriate for establishment as the official seal of the Department of the Air Force:

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the said section 207(g) of the National Security Act of 1947, I hereby approve such seal as the official seal of the Department of the Air Force.

Harry S. Truman.

Credits

1956–2018 · 3 acts

1956Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 488, § 8011
1986renumbered § 8012, Pub. L. 99–433, title V, § 521(a)(1), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 1055
2018renumbered § 9012, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 806(c), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1833.

Show as published

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 488, § 8011; renumbered § 8012, Pub. L. 99–433, title V, § 521(a)(1), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 1055; renumbered § 9012, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 806(c), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1833.)