[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2013 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2013

 To provide for the display of the POW/MIA flag at each Department of 
Veterans Affairs medical center until the President determines that the 
 fullest possible accounting of all Vietnam-era POW/MIAs has been made.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 11, 1995

 Mr. Fox of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. Spence, Mr. Montgomery, Mr. 
 Cunningham, Mr. Tate, Mr. Dornan, Mr. Stockman, Mr. Holden, Mr. King, 
  Mr. Stearns, Mr. Royce, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Weller, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. 
Frost, Mr. Saxton, Mr. Largent, Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania, Mr. Rahall, 
Mr. Cramer, Mr. Solomon, Ms. Waters, Mr. Kennedy of Massachusetts, Mr. 
McHale, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Mascara, Mr. Quinn, Mr. Flanagan, Mr. Buyer, Mr. 
    Hancock, Mr. Armey, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. Peterson of 
    Minnesota, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Costello, Mr. Evans, Ms. Dunn of 
    Washington, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. DeLay, Mr. English of 
 Pennsylvania, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Tauzin, Mr. Ney, Mr. Gilman, Ms. Eshoo, 
 Mr. Moran, Mr. Hastings of Washington, Mr. Watts of Oklahoma, and Mr. 
  Gutknecht) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for the display of the POW/MIA flag at each Department of 
Veterans Affairs medical center until the President determines that the 
 fullest possible accounting of all Vietnam-era POW/MIAs has been made.
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DISPLAY OF POW/MIA FLAG AT DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
              MEDICAL CENTERS.

    (a) Daily Display of Flag.--Subsection (a) of section 1084 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1002 and 1993 (36 
U.S.C. 189 note) is amended--
            (1) by striking out ``and'' at the end of paragraph (1);
            (2) by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (2) 
        and inserting in lieu thereof ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) on, or on the grounds of, each Department of Veterans 
        Affairs medical center on every day on which the flag of the 
        United States is displayed.''.
    (b) Procurement and Distribution of Flags.--(1) Subsection (c) of 
such section is amended by striking out ``Within 30 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator'' and inserting in lieu 
therof ``The Administrator''.
    (2) The Administrator of General Services shall carry out 
subsection (c) of section 1084 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (36 U.S.C. 189 note) with respect to 
the procurement and distribution of POW/MIA flags for the purposes of 
paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of such section (as added by subsection 
(a) of this section) within 30 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
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