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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 86 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 7, 2011 

Received 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make 

corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 2061. 

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 

2 concurring), That, in the enrollment of the bill (H.R. 

3 2061) to authorize the presentation of a United States 

4 flag on behalf of Federal civilian employees who die of in5 juries in connection with their employment, the Clerk of 

6 the House of Representatives shall make the following cor7 rections: 


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1 (1) Strike all after the enacting clause and in2 sert the following: 

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 WHO DIE OF INJURIES INCURRED IN CON9 NECTION WITH THEIR EMPLOYMENT. 

10 (a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—Upon receipt of 

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

12 agency may give a flag of the United States for an indi13 vidual who— 

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

15 (2) dies of injuries incurred in connection with 

16 such individual’s employment with the Federal gov17 ernment, suffered as a result of a criminal act, an 

18 act of terrorism, a natural disaster, or other cir19 cumstance as determined by the President. 

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

21 agency may furnish a flag for a deceased employee de22 scribed in subsection (a) upon the request of— 

23 (1) the employee’s widow or widower, child, sib24 ling, or parent; or 


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1 (2) if no request is received from an individual 

2 described in paragraph (1), an individual other than 

3 the next of kin as determined by the Director of the 

4 Office of Personnel Management. 

5 (c) CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.—The head of an ex6 ecutive agency may disclose information necessary to show 

7 that a deceased individual is an employee described in sub8 section (a) to the extent that such information is not clas9 sified and to the extent that such disclosure does not en10 danger the national security of the United States. 

11 (d) EMPLOYEE NOTIFICATION OF FLAG BENEFIT.— 

12 The head of an executive agency shall provide appropriate 

13 notice to employees of the agency of the flag benefit pro14 vided for under this section. 

15 (e) REGULATIONS.—The Director of the Office of 

16 Personnel Management, in coordination with the Sec17 retary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Secu18 rity, may prescribe regulations to implement this section. 

19 Any such regulations shall provide for the head of an exec20 utive agency to consider the conditions and circumstances 

21 surrounding the death of an employee and nature of the 

22 service of the employee. 

23 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

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

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


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1 United States Code, and includes an officer or em2 ployee of the United States Postal Service or of the 

3 Postal Regulatory Commission. 

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

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

6 105 of title 5, United States Code, and includes the 

7 United States Postal Service and the Postal Regu8 latory Commission. 

9 (2) Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘An Act to 

10 authorize the presentation of a United States flag on 

11 behalf of Federal civilian employees who die of inju12 ries incurred in connection with their employment.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives November 4, 

2011. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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