4 U.S.C. § 2 : Flag And Seal, Seat Of Government, And The States — The Flag — Same; Additional Stars Date: 27 Apr 2016 TEXT PDF 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.)