{"data":{"id":"us/4-u.s.c.-2","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"4 U.S.C. § 2","heading":"Same; additional stars","body":"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.","path":["Title 4—FLAG AND SEAL, SEAT OF GOVERNMENT, AND THE STATES","CHAPTER 1—THE FLAG"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc04@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:55:31Z","sha256":"5a7dae11622cc35af86545777597c48f35edbbf553378430ad697d552bfb7a0e","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/4-u.s.c.-1","next":"us/4-u.s.c.-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}