File:Seal of the United States Senate.svg

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Summary

Description

English: The Seal of the United States Senate, the upper house of the United States Congress. See also the Seal of the United States House of Representatives.

Español: El sello del Senado de los Estados Unidos, la cámara alta del Congreso de los Estados Unidos. Véase también el Sello de la Cámara de Representantes de los Estados Unidos.

Esperanto: La sigelo de la Usona Senato, la supera ĉambro de la Usona Kongreso. Vidu ankaŭ la Sigelon de la Domo de Reprezentantoj de Usono.

Македонски: Печат на Сенатот на Соединетите Американски Држави

Date

17 January 2008 (design dates from 1885)

Source

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Author

Louis Dreka designed the actual seal, first used in 1885 per here. Vectorized from a version in stained glass.

Original:

Maksim

Vector:

Ipankonin

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18 U.S.C. § 713 (c) states that whoever, except as directed by the United States Senate, or the Secretary of the Senate on its behalf, knowingly uses, manufactures, reproduces, sells or purchases for resale, either separately or appended to any article manufactured or sold, any likeness of the seal of the United States Senate, or any substantial part thereof, except for manufacture or sale of the article for the official use of the Government of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	22:56, 5 June 2017	1,030 × 1,030 (385 KB)	WClarke	took out acorns for a number of reasons; see talk page
	06:29, 23 May 2016	1,030 × 1,030 (391 KB)	FOX 52	apply "liberty" in red cap - per PNG file
	21:21, 9 February 2012	1,030 × 1,030 (412 KB)	Fry1989	margins, also servers acting a little funny
	00:46, 26 August 2011	1,030 × 1,030 (411 KB)	Fry1989	Reverted to version as of 00:36, 15 July 2011 odd, that raised it by a byte
	00:46, 26 August 2011	1,030 × 1,030 (412 KB)	Fry1989	simplify outer ring to reduce file size
	00:36, 15 July 2011	1,030 × 1,030 (411 KB)	Fry1989	fixes
	10:08, 17 January 2008	1,037 × 1,037 (437 KB)	Ipankonin	stroke width on scroll
	10:03, 17 January 2008	1,037 × 1,037 (437 KB)	Ipankonin	==Summary== {{Information \|Description={{en\|Seal of the United States Senate.}} \|Source=Vectorized from 50px SVG elements from 50px [[Image:Blason_Brumath.