Half-Staff for Homeland Heroes Act

Bill: 114-hr-3914
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7]
Introduced: 2015-11-03
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military personnel and dependents

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Latest action: action_date: 2015-12-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-11-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Half-Staff for Homeland Heroes Act</strong></p> <p>This bill requires that the U.S. flag be flown at half-staff in honor of a member of the Armed Forces who dies from an injury incurred or aggravated while serving on active duty in the United States. </p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3914 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 3, 2015 Mr. Rouzer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To require that the United States flag be flown at half-staff in honor of members of the Armed Forces who die in the line of duty in the United States.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Half-Staff for Homeland Heroes Act . 2. United States Flag required to be flown at half-staff upon the death of a member of the Armed Forces in the line of domestic duty Section 7(m) of title 4, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting after a member of the Armed Forces from any State, territory, or possession who dies while serving on active duty the following: in events not covered by the 9th sentence of this subsection ; and (2) by inserting before As used in this subsection the following new sentence: The flag shall be flown at half-staff on the day following any day on which a member of the Armed Forces dies from an injury incurred or aggravated in the United States, in the line of duty (and not as a result of misconduct by such member), and while such member was serving on active duty (as defined in section 101(d) of title 10). .