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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 723 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 13, 2015 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and 

Administration 

AN ACT 

To provide Capitol-flown flags to the immediate family of 

fire fighters, law enforcement officers, members of rescue 

squads or ambulance crews, and public safety officers 

who are killed in the line of duty. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fallen Heroes Flag 

3 Act of 2015’’. 

4 SEC. 2. PROVIDING CAPITOL-FLOWN FLAGS FOR FAMILIES 

5 OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND RESCUE SQUAD 

6 WORKERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. 

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

8 family of a fire fighter, law enforcement officer, member 

9 of a rescue squad or ambulance crew, or public safety offi10 cer who died in the line of duty, the Representative of the 

11 family may provide the family with a Capitol-flown flag, 

12 together with the certificate described in subsection (c). 

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

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

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

16 subsection is a certificate which is signed by the Speaker 

17 of the House of Representatives and the Representative 

18 providing the flag, and which contains an expression of 

19 sympathy from the House of Representatives for the fam20 ily involved, as prepared and developed by the Clerk of 

21 the House of Representatives. 

22 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

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

24 United States flag flown over the United States 

25 Capitol in honor of the deceased individual for whom 

26 such flag is requested; and 


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1 (2) the term ‘‘Representative’’ includes a Dele2 gate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress. 

3 SEC. 3. REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURES. 

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

5 date of the date of the enactment of this Act, the Clerk 

6 shall issue regulations for carrying out this Act, including 

7 regulations to establish procedures (including any appro8 priate forms, guidelines, and accompanying certificates) 

9 for requesting a Capitol-flown flag. 

10 (b) APPROVAL BY COMMITTEE ON HOUSE ADMINIS11 TRATION.—The regulations issued by the Clerk under sub12 section (a) shall take effect upon approval by the Com13 mittee on House Administration of the House of Rep14 resentatives. 

15 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

16 There are authorized to be appropriated for each of 

17 the fiscal years 2015 through 2020 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 Capitol Visitor Center, except that the ag21 gregate amount appropriated to carry out this Act for all 

22 such fiscal years may not exceed $30,000. 

23 SEC. 5. 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 2 until the Committee on House Administration of the 

2 House of Representatives approves the regulations issued 

3 by the Clerk of the House of Representatives under section 

4 3. 

Passed the House of Representatives May 12, 2015. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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