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4 U.S.C. 2: Same; additional starsText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 4-FLAG AND SEAL, SEAT OF GOVERNMENT, AND THE STATESCHAPTER 1-THE FLAG
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§2. Same; additional stars

On the admission of a new State into the Union one star shall be added to the union of the flag; and such addition shall take effect on the fourth day of July then next succeeding such admission.

( July 30, 1947, ch. 389 , 61 Stat. 642 .)