Purple Heart Flag Act

Purple Heart Flag Act

This bill designates a flag as the Purple Heart Flag (which recognizes soldiers wounded during hostilities) and requires that it be displayed in a manner visible to the public.

The Flag shall be displayed on Armed Forces Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, National POW/MIA Recognition Day, and Veterans Day in the following locations:

• the World War II Memorial;
• the Korean War Veterans Memorial;
• the Vietnam Veterans Memorial;
• each national cemetery;
• the buildings containing the official offices of the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and the Director of the Selective Service System; and
• each medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5237 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5237

   To amend title 36, United States Code, to designate a flag as the 
                           Purple Heart Flag.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 21, 2019

   Mr. Higgins of New York introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 36, United States Code, to designate a flag as the 
                           Purple Heart Flag.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Purple Heart Flag Act''.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF PURPLE HEART FLAG.

    (a) Designation.--Chapter 9 of title 36, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 904. Purple Heart Flag
    ``(a) Designation.--A flag that features the seal of the Military 
Order of the Purple Heart (adopted under section 140505 of this title) 
centered on a purple field is designated as the Purple Heart Flag.
    ``(b) Public Display Required.--The Purple Heart Flag shall be 
displayed in a manner visible to the public--
            ``(1) on days including those specified in subsection (c); 
        and
            ``(2) at locations including those specified in subsection 
        (d).
    ``(c) Days for Display.--The days specified in this subsection are 
the following:
            ``(1) Armed Forces Day, the third Saturday in May.
            ``(2) Memorial Day, the last Monday in May.
            ``(3) Flag Day, June 14.
            ``(4) National POW/MIA Recognition Day.
            ``(5) Veterans Day, November 11.
    ``(d) Locations for Display.--The locations specified in this 
subsection are the following:
            ``(1) The World War II Memorial, the Korean War Veterans 
        Memorial, and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
            ``(2) Each national cemetery.
            ``(3) The buildings containing the official office of--
                    ``(A) the Secretary of State;
                    ``(B) the Secretary of Defense;
                    ``(C) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; and
                    ``(D) the Director of the Selective Service System.
            ``(4) Each medical center of the Department of Veterans 
        Affairs.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``904. Purple Heart Flag.''.
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