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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5772 
To amend title 36, United States Code, to require the Hostage and Wrongful 
Detainee flag to be displayed on key historical dates, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 17, 2025 
Mr. KEAN (for himself and Mr. MOSKOWITZ) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 36, United States Code, to require the Hos-
tage and Wrongful Detainee flag to be displayed on 
key historical dates, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Remembering Amer-
ican Hostages Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. HOSTAGE AND WRONGFUL DETAINEE FLAG. 
Section 904(b) of title 36, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
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(A) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as 
subparagraph (E); 
(B) by inserting after subparagraph (C) 
the following: 
‘‘(D) Key dates in hostage and wrongful 
detention history, including— 
‘‘(i) November 4 and January 20, key 
dates of the Iranian hostage crisis; 
‘‘(ii) August 19, the date of the death 
of James Foley.’’; and 
‘‘(iii) October 7, the date of Hamas’ 
unprovoked attack where more than 240 
were taken hostage, including 12 Ameri-
cans; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) With respect to the locations de-
scribed in subparagraphs (D) through (G) of 
paragraph (3), any day on which the United 
States Flag is displayed.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) in subparagraph (C)— 
(i) in clause (i) by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
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(ii) in clause (ii) by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; 
and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(iii) the Attorney General; 
‘‘(iv) the Secretary of Education; 
‘‘(v) the Secretary of Transportation; 
and 
‘‘(vi) the Secretary of Commerce.’’; 
and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) The buildings containing any office of 
the Department of State offices in the United 
States. 
‘‘(E) Each embassy and consulate of the 
United States. 
‘‘(F) The buildings containing any office of 
the Department of Justice in the United States, 
unless otherwise specified by the Attorney Gen-
eral. 
‘‘(G) Each place in the United States at 
which an individual can initiate, renew, or oth-
erwise obtain a passport of the United States, 
in a location visible to such individuals.’’. 
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SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Federal Govern-
ment should strongly encourage local and State govern-
ments and airports across the United States, in coordina-
tion with the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration, to fly the Hostage and Wrongful Detainee 
flag on days as specified in section 904 of title 36, United 
States Code, including distributing an Executive order for 
direction to raise and fly such flag on specified days in 
honor of a hostage returning to the United States, or 
whenever a hostage is recognized as passing away in cap-
tivity. 
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