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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2061 

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 

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. 

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’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PRESENTATION OF UNITED STATES FLAG ON BE2 HALF OF FEDERAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES 

3 KILLED WHILE PERFORMING OFFICIAL DU4 TIES OR BECAUSE OF THEIR STATUS AS A 

5 FEDERAL EMPLOYEE. 

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

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

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

9 the casket of an individual who— 

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

11 (2) was killed while performing official duties or 

12 because of the individual’s status as a Federal em13 ployee. 

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

15 agency shall furnish a flag for a deceased employee de16 scribed in subsection (a) upon the request of— 

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

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

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

20 determined by the head of the executive agency. 

21 (c) MANNER OF PRESENTATION AND CEREMONY.— 

22 A flag shall be furnished and presented under this section 

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

24 on behalf of a deceased member of the Armed Services 

25 who dies while on active duty. At the request of the indi26 vidual who requested the flag under subsection (b), the 


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1 head of the executive agency furnishing the flag under 

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

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

4 the casket of the deceased employee. 

5 (d) LIMITATION ON FLAGS PROVIDED.—If a flag fur6 nished under subsection (a) is presented to an individual 

7 described in subsection (b)(2), no flag shall be subse8 quently presented to any other individual under this sec9 tion on account of the death of the same employee. 

10 (e) CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.—The head of an ex11 ecutive agency may disclose information necessary to show 

12 that a deceased individual is an employee described in sub13 section (a) to the extent that such information is not clas14 sified and to the extent that such disclosure does not en15 danger the national security of the United States. 

16 (f) EMPLOYEE NOTIFICATION OF FLAG CEREMONY

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

18 appropriate notice to employees of the agency of the flag 

19 ceremony benefit provided for under this section. 

20 (g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

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

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

23 United States Code, and includes employees of and 

24 donors of volunteer services to temporary organiza25 tions under section 3161 of such title. 


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

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

3 501 of title 5, United States Code. 

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