III 
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. 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That, in the enrollment of the bill (H.R. 
2061) to authorize the presentation of a United States 
flag on behalf of Federal civilian employees who die of in-
juries in connection with their employment, the Clerk of 
the House of Representatives shall make the following cor-
rections: 
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(1) Strike all after the enacting clause and in-
sert the following: 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Civilian Service Rec-
ognition Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. PRESENTATION OF UNITED STATES FLAG ON BE-
HALF OF FEDERAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES 
WHO DIE OF INJURIES INCURRED IN CON-
NECTION WITH THEIR EMPLOYMENT. 
(a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—Upon receipt of 
a request under subsection (b), the head of an executive 
agency may give a flag of the United States for an indi-
vidual who— 
(1) was an employee of the agency; and 
(2) dies of injuries incurred in connection with 
such individual’s employment with the Federal gov-
ernment, suffered as a result of a criminal act, an 
act of terrorism, a natural disaster, or other cir-
cumstance as determined by the President. 
(b) REQUEST FOR FLAG.—The head of an executive 
agency may furnish a flag for a deceased employee de-
scribed in subsection (a) upon the request of— 
(1) the employee’s widow or widower, child, sib-
ling, or parent; or 
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(2) if no request is received from an individual 
described in paragraph (1), an individual other than 
the next of kin as determined by the Director of the 
Office of Personnel Management. 
(c) CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.—The head of an ex-
ecutive agency may disclose information necessary to show 
that a deceased individual is an employee described in sub-
section (a) to the extent that such information is not clas-
sified and to the extent that such disclosure does not en-
danger the national security of the United States. 
(d) EMPLOYEE NOTIFICATION OF FLAG BENEFIT.— 
The head of an executive agency shall provide appropriate 
notice to employees of the agency of the flag benefit pro-
vided for under this section. 
(e) REGULATIONS.—The Director of the Office of 
Personnel Management, in coordination with the Sec-
retary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity, may prescribe regulations to implement this section. 
Any such regulations shall provide for the head of an exec-
utive agency to consider the conditions and circumstances 
surrounding the death of an employee and nature of the 
service of the employee. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘employee’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 2105 of title 5, 
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United States Code, and includes an officer or em-
ployee of the United States Postal Service or of the 
Postal Regulatory Commission. 
(2) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘executive 
agency’’ has the meaning given that term in section 
105 of title 5, United States Code, and includes the 
United States Postal Service and the Postal Regu-
latory Commission. 
(2) Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘An Act to 
authorize the presentation of a United States flag on 
behalf of Federal civilian employees who die of inju-
ries incurred in connection with their employment.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 4, 
2011. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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