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Union Calendar No. 96 

112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2061 

[Report No. 112–149] 

To authorize the presentation of a United States flag at the funeral of 

Federal civilian employees who are killed while performing official duties 

or because of their status as a Federal employee. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 31, 2011 

Mr. HANNA (for himself, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. FARR, and Mr. BARTLETT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

JULY 18, 2011 

Additional sponsors: Ms. NORTON, Mr. WITTMAN, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. WOLF, 

Mr. OWENS, Mr. REYES, Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. 

GRIJALVA, Mr. FILNER, Ms. EDWARDS, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. 

MORAN, Mr. LONG, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. TONKO, 

and Mr. HURT

JULY 18, 2011 

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 

on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

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A BILL 

To authorize the presentation of a United States flag at 

the funeral of Federal civilian employees who are killed 

while performing official duties or because of their status 

as a Federal employee. 

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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 ‘‘Civilian Service Rec5 ognition Act of 2011’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PRESENTATION OF UNITED STATES FLAG ON BE7 HALF OF FEDERAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES 

8 KILLED WHILE PERFORMING OFFICIAL DU9 TIES OR BECAUSE OF THEIR STATUS AS A 

10 FEDERAL EMPLOYEE. 

11 (a) PRESENTATION REQUIRED.—Upon receipt of a 

12 request under subsection (b), the head of an executive 

13 agency shall furnish a flag of the United States to drape 

14 the casket of an individual who— 

15 (1) was an employee of the agency; and 

16 (2) was killed while performing official duties or 

17 because of the individual’s status as a Federal em18 ployee. 

19 (b) REQUEST FOR FLAG.—The head of an executive 

20 agency shall furnish a flag for a deceased employee de21 scribed in subsection (a) upon the request of— 

22 (1) the employee’s next of kin; or 

23 (2) if no request is received from the next of 

24 kin, a close friend or associate of the employee as 

25 determined by the head of the executive agency. 

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1 (c) MANNER OF PRESENTATION AND CEREMONY.— 

2 A flag shall be furnished and presented under this section 

3 in the same manner as a flag is furnished and presented 

4 on behalf of a deceased member of the Armed Services 

5 who dies while on active duty. At the request of the indi6 vidual who requested the flag under subsection (b), the 

7 head of the executive agency furnishing the flag under 

8 subsection (a) shall provide for the presentation of the flag 

9 to the individual following the use of the flag to drape 

10 the casket of the deceased employee. 

11 (d) LIMITATION ON FLAGS PROVIDED.—If a flag fur12 nished under subsection (a) is presented to an individual 

13 described in subsection (b)(2), no flag shall be subse14 quently presented to any other individual under this sec15 tion on account of the death of the same employee. 

16 (e) CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.—The head of an ex17 ecutive agency may disclose information necessary to show 

18 that a deceased individual is an employee described in sub19 section (a) to the extent that such information is not clas20 sified and to the extent that such disclosure does not en21 danger the national security of the United States. 

22 (f) EMPLOYEE NOTIFICATION OF FLAG CEREMONY

23 BENEFIT.—The head of an executive agency shall provide 

24 appropriate notice to employees of the agency of the flag 

25 ceremony benefit provided for under this section. 

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1 (g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

2 (1) EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘employee’’ has the 

3 meaning given that term in section 2105 of title 5, 

4 United States Code, and includes employees of and 

5 donors of volunteer services to temporary organiza6 tions under section 3161 of such title. 

7 (2) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘executive 

8 agency’’ has the meaning given that term in section 

9 501 of title 5, United States Code. 

10 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

11 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Civilian Service Rec12 ognition Act of 2011’’. 

13 SEC. 2. PRESENTATION OF UNITED STATES FLAG ON BE14 HALF OF FEDERAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES 

15 WHO DIE OF INJURIES IN CONNECTION WITH 

16 THEIR EMPLOYMENT. 

17 (a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—Upon receipt of a 

18 request under subsection (b), the head of an executive agency 

19 may pay the expenses incident to the presentation of a flag 

20 of the United States for an individual who— 

21 (1) was an employee of the agency; and 

22 (2) dies of injuries incurred in connection with 

23 such individual’s employment with the Federal gov24 ernment. 

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1 (b) REQUEST FOR FLAG.—The head of an executive 

2 agency may furnish a flag for a deceased employee described 

3 in subsection (a) upon the request of— 

4 (1) the employee’s next of kin; or 

5 (2) if no request is received from the next of kin, 

6 an individual other than the next of kin as deter7 mined by the Director of the Office of Personnel Man8 agement. 

9 (c) CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.—The head of an execu10 tive agency may disclose information necessary to show that 

11 a deceased individual is an employee described in sub12 section (a) to the extent that such information is not classi13 fied and to the extent that such disclosure does not endanger 

14 the national security of the United States. 

15 (d) EMPLOYEE NOTIFICATION OF FLAG BENEFIT.— 

16 The head of an executive agency shall provide appropriate 

17 notice to employees of the agency of the flag benefit provided 

18 for under this section. 

19 (e) REGULATIONS.—The Director of the Office of Per20 sonnel Management, in coordination with the Secretary of 

21 Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security, may pre22 scribe regulations to implement this section. Any such regu23 lations shall provide for the head of an executive agency 

24 to consider the conditions and circumstances surrounding 

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1 the death of an employee and nature of the service of the 

2 employee. 

3 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 (1) EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘employee’’ has the 

5 meaning given that term in section 2105 of title 5, 

6 United States Code, and includes— 

7 (A) individuals who perform volunteer serv8 ices at the discretion of the head of an executive 

9 agency; and 

10 (B) an officer or employee of the United 

11 States Postal Service or of the Postal Regulatory 

12 Commission. 

13 (2) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘executive 

14 agency’’ has the meaning given that term in section 

15 105 of title 5, United States Code, and includes the 

16 United States Postal Service and the Postal Regu17 latory Commission. 

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to authorize 

the presentation of a United States flag on behalf of Federal civilian employees who die of injuries in connection 

with their employment.’’. 

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Union Calendar No. 96 

112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2061 

[Report No. 112–149] 

A BILL 

To authorize the presentation of a United States 

because of their status as a Federal employee. who are killed while performing official duties or flag at the funeral of Federal civilian employees 

JULY 18, 2011 

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 

dered to be printed of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ormstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS