[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR3.4]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
PART 3_OFFICIAL SEAL--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 3.4  Use of the seal.

    (a) Use by any person or organization outside of the Department may 
be made only with the Department's prior written approval.
    (b) Requests by any person or organization outside of the Department 
for permission to use the Seal must be made in writing to Director of 
Public Affairs, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 
Washington, DC 20202, and must specify, in detail, the exact use to be 
made. Any permission granted applies only to the specific use for which 
it was granted and is not to be construed as permission for any other 
use.
    (c) In regard to internal use, replicas may be used only:
    (1) For display in or adjacent to ED facilities, in Departmental 
auditoriums, presentation rooms, hearing rooms, lobbies, and public 
document rooms;
    (2) In offices of senior officials;
    (3) For official awards, certificates, medals, and plaques;
    (4) For electronic media, motion picture film, video tape and other 
audiovisual media prepared by or for ED and attributed thereto;

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    (5) On official publications which represent the achievements or 
mission of ED;
    (6) In non-ED facilities in connection with events and displays 
sponsored by ED, and public appearances of the Secretary or other senior 
ED officials; and
    (7) For other internal purposes as determined by the Director for 
Management;
    (d) In regard to internal use, reproductions may be used only--
    (1) On ED letterhead stationery;
    (2) On official ED identification cards, security, and other 
approved credentials;
    (3) On business cards for ED employees;
    (4) On official ED signs;
    (5) On official publications or graphics issued by and attributed to 
ED, or joint statements of ED with one or more other Federal agencies, 
State or local governments, or foreign governments;
    (6) On official awards, certificates, and medals;
    (7) On electronic media, motion picture film, video tape, and other 
audiovisual media prepared by or for ED and attributed thereto; and
    (8) For other internal purposes as determined by the Director for 
Management.
    (e) Embossing seals may be used only internally--
    (1) On ED legal documents, including interagency or 
intergovernmental agreements, agreements with State or local 
governments, foreign patent applications, certification(s) of true 
copies, and similar documents;
    (2) On official awards and certificates; and
    (3) For other purposes as determined by the General Counsel or the 
Director for Management.
    (f) Falsely making, forging, counterfeiting, mutilating, or altering 
the Official Seal, replicas, reproductions, or embossing seals, or 
knowingly using or possessing with fraudulent intent and altered 
official seal, replica, reproduction or embossing seal is punishable 
under 18 U.S.C. 506.
    (g) Any person using the Official Seal, replicas, reproductions, or 
embossing seals in a manner inconsistent with the provisions of this 
part is subject to the provisions of 18 U.S.C. 1017, which states 
penalties for the wrongful use of an Official Seal, and to other 
provisions of law as applicable.

[45 FR 86491, Dec. 31, 1980, as amended at 53 FR 4620, Feb. 17, 1988; 56 
FR 65388, Dec. 16, 1991; 65 FR 57286, Sept. 22, 2000]