Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require a reading of the names of members of the Armed Forces who died in the previous month as a result of combat.

Bill: 115-hres-544
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2017-09-28
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional tributes

House of Representatives

Legislative rules and procedure

Military personnel and dependents
Latest action: action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-09-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Amends Rule XIV (Order and Priority of Business) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to require (on the first legislative day of each month) a reading of the names of members of the Armed Forces who died in the previous month as a result of combat.</p> <p>Prohibits the Speaker of the House from reading the name of any such member if any family member informs the Speaker that he or she does not wish to have the name of that individual read.</p>

tv_txt: IV 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 544 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 28, 2017 Mr. Cartwright (for himself, Mr. Cohen , Mr. Farenthold , Mrs. Walorski , Mr. Babin , Mr. Pocan , Mr. Pascrell , Mr. Franks of Arizona , Ms. Bordallo , Mr. Fitzpatrick , Ms. Norton , Mr. Gibbs , Mr. Olson , and Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules RESOLUTION Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require a reading of the names of members of the Armed Forces who died in the previous month as a result of combat.

That— (a) Clause 1 of rule XIV of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding after the third item the following new item: Fourth. On the first legislative day of each month, a reading of the names of members of the Armed Forces who died in the previous month as a result of combat. . (b) Clause 1 of rule XIV is amended by redesignating the fourth through the ninth items as the fifth through the tenth items. (c) Rule XIV of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new clause: 7. The Speaker shall not read the name of any member of the Armed Forces under clause 1 if any family member informs the Speaker that the family member does not wish to have the name of that individual read. .