To amend title 4, United States Code, with respect to the flying of the National flag at half-staff pursuant to the order of a Governor of a State, territory, or possession.

Amends federal law with regard to the flying of the national flag at half-staff to: (1) allow a governor of a state, territory, or possession of the United States (governor) to proclaim that the national flag be flown at half-staff upon the death of a member of the Armed Forces from the governor's state, territory, or possession who dies while serving on active duty; and (2) require, when a governor issues such a proclamation, the national flag flown at any federal installation or facility in that state, territory, or possession to be flown at half-staff consistent with that proclamation.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6336 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6336

To amend title 4, United States Code, with respect to the flying of the 
 National flag at half-staff pursuant to the order of a Governor of a 
                    State, territory, or possession.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 15, 2006

  Mr. Stupak introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL



To amend title 4, United States Code, with respect to the flying of the 
 National flag at half-staff pursuant to the order of a Governor of a 
                    State, territory, or possession.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AUTHORITY OF GOVERNORS TO ORDER THE NATIONAL FLAG TO BE 
              FLOWN AT HALF-STAFF UNDER SPECIFIED CIRCUMSTANCES.

    (a) Death of a Member of the Armed Forces.--Section 7(m) of title 
4, United States Code, is amended by inserting ``or the death of a 
member of the Armed Forces from any State, territory, or possession who 
dies while serving on active duty'' after ``present or former official 
of the government of any State, territory, or possession of the United 
States''.
    (b) Federal Facility Consistency With State Proclamations.--Section 
7(m) of title 4, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
``the Governor of that State, territory, or possession may proclaim 
that the National flag shall be flown at half-staff.'' the following 
new sentence: ``When the Governor of a State, territory, or possession 
issues a proclamation described in the preceding sentence, the National 
flag flown at any Federal installation or facility in that State, 
territory, or possession shall be flown at half-staff consistent with 
that proclamation.''.
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