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Union Calendar No. 205 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3542 
[Report No. 111–353] 
To direct the Architect of the Capitol to fly the flag of a State over the 
Capitol each year on the anniversary of the date of the State’s admission 
to the Union. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 9, 2009 
Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on House Administration 
DECEMBER 3, 2009 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Insert the part printed in italic] 
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A BILL 
To direct the Architect of the Capitol to fly the flag of 
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of the date of the State’s admission to the Union. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘State Admission Day 
Recognition Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. FLYING STATE FLAG OVER CAPITOL ON ANNIVER-
SARY OF STATE’S ADMISSION TO UNION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—To honor the anniversary of each 
State’s admission to the Union, the Architect of the Cap-
itol shall fly the flag of the State over the Capitol each 
year on the anniversary of the date of the State’s admis-
sion to the Union. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The Architect of the Capitol 
shall fly the first flag of a State over the Capitol under 
this section on the first December 7 which occurs after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, in honor of the anni-
versary of the admission of Delaware, the first State ad-
mitted to the Union. 
SEC. 3. REGULATIONS. 
The Committee on House Administration of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Admin-
istration of the Senate may promulgate jointly such regula-
tions as may be appropriate to carry out this Act, including 
regulations permitting the Architect of the Capitol to honor 
the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
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American Samoa, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, 
and the Northern Mariana Islands by flying the flag of each 
such jurisdiction over the Capitol each year on an appro-
priate date for that jurisdiction. 
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Union Calendar No. 205 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3542 
[Report No. 111–353] 
A BILL 
To direct the Architect of the Capitol to fly the flag 
of a State over the Capitol each year on the anni-
versary of the date of the State’s admission to 
the Union. 
DECEMBER 3, 2009 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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