National POW/MIA Flag Act

Bill: 116-hr-1579
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1]
Introduced: 2019-03-07
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays

Conflicts and wars

Military personnel and dependents

National symbols
Latest action: action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-03-07
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>National POW/MIA Flag Act</b></p> <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 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1579 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 7, 2019 Mr. Pappas (for himself and Mr. Bergman ) 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. Short title This Act may be cited as the National POW/MIA Flag Act . 2. Days on which the POW/MIA flag is displayed on certain Federal property Section 902 of title 36, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following: (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. .