§ 244. — Discrimination against person wearing uniform of armed forces.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC244]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I--CRIMES
CHAPTER 13--CIVIL RIGHTS
Sec. 244. Discrimination against person wearing uniform of armed
forces
Whoever, being a proprietor, manager, or employee of a theater or
other public place of entertainment or amusement in the District of
Columbia, or in any Territory, or Possession of the United States,
causes any person wearing the uniform of any of the armed forces of the
United States to be discriminated against because of that uniform, shall
be fined under this title.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 697; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, Sec. 5, 63
Stat. 90; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(G), Sept. 13,
1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)
Historical and Revision Notes
1948 Act
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 523 (Mar. 1, 1911, ch.
187, 36 Stat. 963; Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 387, Sec. 1, 37 Stat. 512; Jan.
28, 1915, ch. 20, Sec. 1, 38 Stat. 800).
Words ``guilty of a misdemeanor'', following ``shall be'', were
omitted as unnecessary in view of definition of ``misdemeanor'' in
section 1 of this title. (See reviser's note under section 212 of this
title.)
Changes were made in phraseology.
1949 Act
This section [section 5] substitutes, in section 244 of title 18,
U.S.C., ``any of the armed forces of the United States'' for the
enumeration of specific branches and thereby includes the Air Force,
formerly part of the Army. This clarification is necessary because of
the establishment of the Air Force as a separate branch of the Armed
Forces by the act of July 26, 1947.
Amendments
1994--Pub. L. 103-322 substituted ``fined under this title'' for
``fined not more than $500''.
1949--Act May 24, 1949, substituted ``any of the armed forces of the
United States'' for enumeration of the specific branches.
