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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7770 

To provide Capitol-flown flags to the immediate family of frontline workers 

who died as a result of their service in response to the COVID–19 pandemic. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 24, 2020 

Mr. CISNEROS (for himself and Mr. KING of New York) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration 

A BILL 

To provide Capitol-flown flags to the immediate family of 

frontline workers who died as a result of their service 

in response to the COVID–19 pandemic. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fallen Pandemic He5 roes Flag Act of 2020’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 (a) DEFINITION OF FRONTLINE WORKER.—In this 

8 Act, the term ‘‘frontline worker’’ means a person whose 

9 occupation presents an increased risk of exposure to 

10 COVID-19 and who is one of the following: 


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1 (1) Agriculture worker. 

2 (2) Childcare worker. 

3 (3) Cleaning service worker. 

4 (4) Communication worker. 

5 (5) Delivery service worker. 

6 (6) First responder. 

7 (7) Food service worker. 

8 (8) Health care worker. 

9 (9) Transportation worker. 

10 (10) Other worker as determined by the Archi11 tect of the Capitol through regulations issued under 

12 section 4(a)(1). 

13 (b) OTHER DEFINITIONS.—In this Act— 

14 (1) the term ‘‘Capitol-flown flag’’ means a 

15 United States flag flown over the United States 

16 Capitol in honor of the deceased individual; 

17 (2) the term ‘‘immediate family member’’, with 

18 respect to an individual, means— 

19 (A) the spouse, parent, brother, sister, 

20 child of the individual, or a person to whom the 

21 individual stands in loco parentis; or 

22 (B) any other person related to the indi23 vidual by blood or marriage; and 

24 (3) the term ‘‘Representative’’ includes a Dele25 gate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress. 


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1 SEC. 3. PROVIDING CAPITOL-FLOWN FLAGS FOR FAMILIES 

2 OF FRONTLINE WORKERS DYING IN RE3 SPONSE TO COVID–19 PANDEMIC. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—At the request of the immediate 

5 family of a frontline worker who, as a result of being a 

6 frontline worker, died in responding to the COVID–19 

7 pandemic on or after January 1, 2020, the Representative 

8 or Senator of the family may provide the family with a 

9 Capitol-flown flag, together with the certificate described 

10 in subsection (c). 

11 (b) NO COST TO FAMILY.—A flag provided under 

12 this section shall be provided at no cost to the family. 

13 (c) CERTIFICATE.—The certificate described in this 

14 subsection is a certificate which is signed by the Speaker 

15 of the House of Representatives and the Representative, 

16 or the Speaker pro tempore of the Senate and the Senator, 

17 providing the Capitol-flown flag, as applicable, and which 

18 contains an expression of sympathy from the House of 

19 Representatives or the Senate, as applicable. 

20 SEC. 4. REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURES. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 

22 date of the enactment of this Act, the Architect of the 

23 Capitol shall issue regulations for carrying out this Act, 

24 including the following: 

25 (1) Regulations to identify other workers that 

26 qualify as frontline workers. In doing so, the ArchiVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:18 Aug 17, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7770.IH H7770

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1 tect shall take into consideration the ‘‘Advisory 

2 Memorandum on Identification of Essential Critical 

3 Infrastructure Workers During Covid-19 Response’’ 

4 as issued by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 

5 Security Agency on April 17, 2020. 

6 (2) Regulations to establish procedures (includ7 ing any appropriate forms, guidelines, and accom8 panying certificates) for requesting a Capitol-flown 

9 flag. 

10 (b) APPROVAL BY COMMITTEES.—The regulations 

11 issued under subsection (a) shall take effect upon approval 

12 by the Committee on House Administration of the House 

13 of Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Ad14 ministration of the Senate. 

15 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

16 There are authorized to be appropriated for each of 

17 the fiscal years 2020 through 2025 such sums as may be 

18 necessary to carry out this Act, to be derived from 

19 amounts appropriated in each such fiscal year for the op20 eration of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, except 

21 that the aggregate amount appropriated to carry out this 

22 Act for all such fiscal years may not exceed $40,000. 

23 SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

24 This Act shall take effect on the date of its enact25 ment, except that no flags may be provided under section 


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1 3 until the regulations issued under section 4(a) take ef2 fect in accordance with section 4(b). 

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