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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2371 

To amend title 36, United States Code, to designate the Honor and Remember Flag created by Honor and Remember, Inc., as an official symbol 

to recognize and honor members of the Armed Forces who died in 

service to the United States, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 31, 2019 

Mr. MANCHIN (for himself, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Ms. SINEMA, and Mr. TILLIS) 

introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend title 36, United States Code, to designate the 

Honor and Remember Flag created by Honor and Remember, Inc., as an official symbol to recognize and 

honor members of the Armed Forces who died in service 

to the United States, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Honor and Remember 

5 Flag Act of 2019’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF HONOR AND REMEMBER FLAG 

2 FOR FALLEN MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 

3 FORCES. 

4 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find5 ings: 

6 (1) Since the Revolutionary War, more than 

7 1,000,000 members of the Armed Forces have paid 

8 the ultimate price by sacrificing their lives in service 

9 to the United States. 

10 (2) The contributions of those fallen members 

11 of the Armed Forces are deserving of national rec12 ognition. 

13 (3) As of July 2019, there is no officially recog14 nized symbol that acknowledges members of the 

15 Armed Forces who died in service to the United 

16 States. 

17 (b) DESIGNATION.—Chapter 9 of title 36, United 

18 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol19 lowing new section: 

20 ‘‘§ 904. Honor and Remember Flag for fallen members 

21 of the Armed Forces 

22 ‘‘(a) DESIGNATION.—The Honor and Remember 

23 Flag created by Honor and Remember, Inc., is designated 

24 as the symbol of the commitment of the United States to 

25 honoring and remembering the lives of all members of the 


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1 Armed Forces who have lost their lives in service to the 

2 United States. 

3 ‘‘(b) REQUIRED DISPLAY.—(1) The Honor and Re4 member Flag shall be displayed at the locations specified 

5 in paragraph (3) on the days specified in paragraph (2). 

6 ‘‘(2) The days specified in this paragraph are the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘(A) Armed Forces Day, the third Saturday in 

9 May. 

10 ‘‘(B) Memorial Day, the last Monday in May. 

11 ‘‘(C) Flag Day, June 14. 

12 ‘‘(D) Independence Day, July 4. 

13 ‘‘(E) National POW/MIA Recognition Day. 

14 ‘‘(F) Veterans Day, November 11. 

15 ‘‘(G) In the case of display at the World War 

16 II Memorial, Korean War Veterans Memorial, and 

17 Vietnam Veterans Memorial (required by paragraph 

18 3(C)), any day on which the flag of the United 

19 States is displayed. 

20 ‘‘(H) In the case of display at medical centers 

21 of the Department of Veterans Affairs (required by 

22 paragraph 3(H)), any day on which the flag of the 

23 United States is displayed. 

24 ‘‘(I) In the case of display at post offices of the 

25 United States Postal Service (required by paragraph 


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1 3(I)), the last business day before a day specified in 

2 subparagraphs (A) through (F) that in any year is 

3 not itself a business day. 

4 ‘‘(3) The locations specified in this paragraph are the 

5 following: 

6 ‘‘(A) The United States Capitol. 

7 ‘‘(B) The White House. 

8 ‘‘(C) The World War II Memorial, the Korean 

9 War Veterans Memorial, and the Vietnam Veterans 

10 Memorial. 

11 ‘‘(D) Arlington National Cemetery. 

12 ‘‘(E) Each national cemetery under the jurisdic13 tion of the National Cemetery Administration. 

14 ‘‘(F) The buildings containing the official office 

15 of— 

16 ‘‘(i) the Secretary of State; 

17 ‘‘(ii) the Secretary of Defense; 

18 ‘‘(iii) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; 

19 and 

20 ‘‘(iv) the Director of Selective Service. 

21 ‘‘(G) Each major military installation, as des22 ignated by the Secretary of Defense. 

23 ‘‘(H) Each medical center of the Department of 

24 Veterans Affairs. 


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1 ‘‘(I) Each post office of the United States Post2 al Service. 

3 ‘‘(c) DISPLAY TO BE IN A MANNER VISIBLE TO THE

4 PUBLIC.—Display of the Honor and Remember Flag pur5 suant to this section shall be in a manner designed to en6 sure visibility to the public. 

7 ‘‘(d) LIMITATION.—This section may not be con8 strued or applied so as to require any employee to report 

9 to work solely for the purpose of providing for the display 

10 of the Honor and Remember Flag or any other flag.’’. 

11 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

12 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 

13 at the end the following new item: 

‘‘904. Honor and Remember Flag for fallen members of the Armed Forces.’’. 

14 (d) REGULATIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION.—Not 

15 later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 

16 this Act, the head of each department, agency, or other 

17 establishment responsible for a location specified in sub18 section (b)(3) of section 904 of title 36, United States 

19 Code, as added by subsection (b) (other than the United 

20 States Capitol), shall prescribe regulations as necessary to 

21 carry out such section. 

22 (e) PROCUREMENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF FLAGS.— 

23 Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment 

24 of this Act, the Administrator of General Services shall 

25 commence the procurement of Honor and Remember 


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1 Flags and distribute the flags as necessary to permit com2 pliance with section 904 of title 36, United States Code, 

3 as so added. 

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