To amend title 36, United States Code, to require that the POW/MIA flag be displayed on all days that the flag of the United States is displayed on certain Federal property.

Bill: 115-hr-504
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lance, Leonard [R-NJ-7]
Introduced: 2017-01-12
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays

Conflicts and wars

Military personnel and dependents

National symbols
Latest action: action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-01-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>The bill changes the days on which the POW/MIA flag is required to be displayed at specified locations to all days on which the U.S. flag is displayed. (Current law requires the POW/MIA flag to be displayed only on Armed Forces Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, Independence Day, National POW/MIA Recognition Day, and Veterans Day.)</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 504 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 12, 2017 Mr. Lance introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 36, United States Code, to require that the POW/MIA flag be displayed on all days that the flag of the United States is displayed on certain Federal property.

1. Days on which the POW/MIA flag is displayed on certain Federal property Section 902 of title 36, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following new subsection: (c) Days for Flag Display For the purposes of this section, POW/MIA flag display days are all days on which the flag of the United States is displayed. ; (2) in subsection (d)(1) by striking Capitol and inserting U.S. Capitol ; (3) in subsection (d)(2) by striking White House and inserting U.S. White House ; and (4) in subsection (e) by striking Capitol each place it appears and inserting U.S. Capitol .