To limit the flags that may be flown over a facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Bill: 118-hr-3952
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12]
Introduced: 2023-06-09
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government buildings, facilities, and property

National symbols
Latest action: action_date: 2023-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3952 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 9, 2023 Mr. Bost (for himself, Mr. Self , Mr. Grothman , Mr. Ezell , Mr. Westerman , Mr. Duncan , Mrs. Luna , Mr. Rosendale , Mr. Loudermilk , Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia , Mr. Guest , Mr. Kelly of Mississippi , Mr. Bean of Florida , Mrs. Miller-Meeks , Mr. Bergman , Mr. Balderson , Mr. Crane , Mr. Huizenga , and Mr. C. Scott Franklin of Florida ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To limit the flags that may be flown over a facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

1. Limitation of flags that may be flown over a facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs (a) Limitation The only flags that may be flown over a facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs are the following: (1) The flag of the United States. (2) The flag of a State. (3) The flag of an Indian Tribal government. (4) The flag of the Department. (5) The flag of an Armed Force. (6) The POW/MIA flag. (b) Definitions In this section: (1) The term State means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. (2) The term Indian Tribal government means the governing body of any Indian or Alaska Native Tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, or community that the Secretary of the Interior acknowledges to exist as an Indian Tribe under the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 ( 25 U.S.C. 5130 et seq. ).