Title: Fallen Pandemic Heroes Flag Act of 2020
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
Fallen Pandemic Heroes Flag Act of 2020
This bill authorizes a Member of Congress to give a flag flown from the Capitol and a signed certificate containing an expression of sympathy to the immediate family of a frontline worker (a worker whose occupation presents an increased risk of exposure) who died in responding to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic.
The Architect of the Capitol must issue regulations to accomplish this, including by identifying other workers who qualify as frontline workers and by establishing procedures for requesting a flag flown from the Capitol.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7770 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7770

  To provide Capitol-flown flags to the immediate family of frontline 
workers who died as a result of their service in response to the COVID-
                              19 pandemic.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 24, 2020

  Mr. Cisneros (for himself and Mr. King of New York) introduced the 
     following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House 
                             Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide Capitol-flown flags to the immediate family of frontline 
workers who died as a result of their service in response to the COVID-
                              19 pandemic.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

     This Act may be cited as the ``Fallen Pandemic Heroes Flag Act of 
2020''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    (a) Definition of Frontline Worker.--In this Act, the term 
``frontline worker'' means a person whose occupation presents an 
increased risk of exposure to COVID-19 and who is one of the following:
            (1) Agriculture worker.
            (2) Childcare worker.
            (3) Cleaning service worker.
            (4) Communication worker.
            (5) Delivery service worker.
            (6) First responder.
            (7) Food service worker.
            (8) Health care worker.
            (9) Transportation worker.
            (10) Other worker as determined by the Architect of the 
        Capitol through regulations issued under section 4(a)(1).
    (b) Other Definitions.--In this Act--
            (1) the term ``Capitol-flown flag'' means a United States 
        flag flown over the United States Capitol in honor of the 
        deceased individual;
            (2) the term ``immediate family member'', with respect to 
        an individual, means--
                    (A) the spouse, parent, brother, sister, child of 
                the individual, or a person to whom the individual 
                stands in loco parentis; or
                    (B) any other person related to the individual by 
                blood or marriage; and
            (3) the term ``Representative'' includes a Delegate or 
        Resident Commissioner to the Congress.

SEC. 3. PROVIDING CAPITOL-FLOWN FLAGS FOR FAMILIES OF FRONTLINE WORKERS 
              DYING IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

    (a) In General.--At the request of the immediate family of a 
frontline worker who, as a result of being a frontline worker, died in 
responding to the COVID-19 pandemic on or after January 1, 2020, the 
Representative or Senator of the family may provide the family with a 
Capitol-flown flag, together with the certificate described in 
subsection (c).
    (b) No Cost to Family.--A flag provided under this section shall be 
provided at no cost to the family.
    (c) Certificate.--The certificate described in this subsection is a 
certificate which is signed by the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives and the Representative, or the Speaker pro tempore of 
the Senate and the Senator, providing the Capitol-flown flag, as 
applicable, and which contains an expression of sympathy from the House 
of Representatives or the Senate, as applicable.

SEC. 4. REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURES.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Architect of the Capitol shall issue 
regulations for carrying out this Act, including the following:
            (1) Regulations to identify other workers that qualify as 
        frontline workers. In doing so, the Architect shall take into 
        consideration the ``Advisory Memorandum on Identification of 
        Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers During Covid-19 
        Response'' as issued by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 
        Security Agency on April 17, 2020.
            (2) Regulations to establish procedures (including any 
        appropriate forms, guidelines, and accompanying certificates) 
        for requesting a Capitol-flown flag.
    (b) Approval by Committees.--The regulations issued under 
subsection (a) shall take effect upon approval by the Committee on 
House Administration of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Rules and Administration of the Senate.

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

     There are authorized to be appropriated for each of the fiscal 
years 2020 through 2025 such sums as may be necessary to carry out this 
Act, to be derived from amounts appropriated in each such fiscal year 
for the operation of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, except 
that the aggregate amount appropriated to carry out this Act for all 
such fiscal years may not exceed $40,000.

SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.

     This Act shall take effect on the date of its enactment, except 
that no flags may be provided under section 3 until the regulations 
issued under section 4(a) take effect in accordance with section 4(b).
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