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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 558 

To provide Capitol-flown flags to the immediate family of fire fighters, law 

enforcement officers, emergency medical technicians, and other rescue 

workers who are killed in the line of duty. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 6, 2013 

Mr. KING of New York (for himself, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. REICHERT, 

Mr. GRIMM, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. RUNYAN, 

Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. COBLE, and Mr. JONES) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

House Administration 

A BILL 

To provide Capitol-flown flags to the immediate family of 

fire fighters, law enforcement officers, emergency medical 

technicians, and other rescue workers 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 Act of 2013’’. 


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

2 OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND RESCUE WORK3 ERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. 

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

5 family of a fire fighter, law enforcement officer, emergency 

6 technician, or other rescue worker who died in the line 

7 of duty, the Representative of the family may provide the 

8 family with a Capitol-flown flag, together with the certifi9 cate described in subsection (c). 

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

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

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

13 subsection is a certificate which is signed by the Speaker 

14 of the House of Representatives and the Representative 

15 providing the flag, and which contains an expression of 

16 sympathy from the House of Representatives for the fam17 ily involved, as prepared and developed by the Clerk of 

18 the House of Representatives. 

19 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

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

21 United States flag flown over the United States 

22 Capitol in honor of the deceased individual for whom 

23 such flag is requested; and 

24 (2) the term ‘‘Representative’’ includes a Dele25 gate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress. 


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1 SEC. 3. REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURES. 

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

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

4 shall issue regulations for carrying out this Act, including 

5 regulations to establish procedures (including any appro6 priate forms, guidelines, and accompanying certificates) 

7 for requesting a Capitol-flown flag. 

8 (b) APPROVAL BY COMMITTEE ON HOUSE ADMINIS9 TRATION.—The regulations issued by the Clerk under sub10 section (a) shall take effect upon approval by the Com11 mittee on House Administration of the House of Rep12 resentatives. 

13 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

14 There are authorized to be appropriated for each of 

15 the fiscal years 2013 through 2018 such sums as may be 

16 necessary to carry out this Act, to be derived from 

17 amounts appropriated in each such fiscal year for the op18 eration of the Capitol Visitor Center, except that the ag19 gregate amount appropriated to carry out this Act for all 

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

21 SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

22 This Act shall take effect on the date of its enact23 ment, except that no flags may be provided under section 

24 2 until the Committee on House Administration of the 

25 House of Representatives approves the regulations issued 


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1 by the Clerk of the House of Representatives under section 

2 3. 

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