4 U.S.C. § 72 (2024)

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Public offices; at seat of Government

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All offices attached to the seat of government shall be exercised in the District of Columbia, and not elsewhere, except as otherwise expressly provided by law.

(July 30, 1947, ch. 389, 61 Stat. 643.)

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