112TH CONGRESS
I 112TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 985 To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the Armed Forces to display the flags of the District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and Com- monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands whenever the official flags of all 50 States are displayed. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 9, 2011 Mr. SABLAN (for himself, Mr. PIERLUISI, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Ms. BORDALLO, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, and Ms. NORTON) introduced the fol- lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the Armed Forces to display the flags of the District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, United States Virgin Is- lands, Guam, American Samoa, and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands whenever the official flags of all 50 States are displayed. …
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I 112TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 985 To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the Armed Forces to display the flags of the District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and Com- monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands whenever the official flags of all 50 States are displayed. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 9, 2011 Mr. SABLAN (for himself, Mr. PIERLUISI, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Ms. BORDALLO, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, and Ms. NORTON) introduced the fol- lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the Armed Forces to display the flags of the District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, United States Virgin Is- lands, Guam, American Samoa, and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands whenever the official flags of all 50 States are displayed. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Mar 15 2010 22:34 Mar 10, 2011 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H985.IH H985 EMCDONALD on DSK2BSOYB1PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 985 IH SECTION 1. DISPLAY OF STATE, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 1 AND TERRITORIAL FLAGS BY ARMED 2 FORCES. 3 Section 2249b of title 10, United States Code, is 4 amended— 5 (1) by adding at the end the following new sub- 6 section: 7 ‘‘(c) DISPLAY OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND TER- 8 RITORIAL FLAGS BY ARMED FORCES.—The Secretary of 9 Defense shall ensure that whenever the official flags of 10 all 50 States are displayed by the armed forces, such dis- 11 play shall include the flags of the District of Columbia, 12 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, United States Virgin Is- 13 lands, Guam, American Samoa, and Commonwealth of the 14 Northern Mariana Islands.’’; and 15 (2) in the section heading, by striking the colon 16 and all that follows. 17 Æ VerDate Mar 15 2010 22:34 Mar 10, 2011 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H985.IH H985 EMCDONALD on DSK2BSOYB1PROD with BILLS