[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 528 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 528

To require the display of the POW/MIA flag on various occasions and in 
                           various locations.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 9, 1997

  Mr. Campbell (for himself and Mr. Conrad) introduced the following 
    bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the display of the POW/MIA flag on various occasions and in 
                           various locations.

    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 ``National POW/MIA Recognition Act of 
1997''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) the United States has fought in many wars, and 
        thousands of Americans who served in those wars were captured 
        by the enemy or listed as missing in action;
            (2) many of these Americans are still missing and 
        unaccounted for, and the uncertainty surrounding their fates 
        has caused their families to suffer tragic and continuing 
        hardships;
            (3) as a symbol of the Nation's concern and commitment to 
        accounting as fully as possible for all Americans still held 
        prisoner, missing, or unaccounted for by reason of their 
        service in the Armed Forces and to honor the Americans who in 
        future wars may be captured or listed as missing or unaccounted 
        for, Congress has officially recognized the National League of 
        Families POW/MIA flag; and
            (4) the American people observe and honor with appropriate 
        ceremony and activity the third Friday of September each year 
        as National POW/MIA Recognition Day.

SEC. 3. DEFINITION OF POW/MIA FLAG.

    In this Act, the term ``POW/MIA flag'' means the National League of 
Families POW/MIA flag recognized and designated by section 2 of Public 
Law 101-355 (104 Stat. 416).

SEC. 4. DISPLAY.

    The POW/MIA flag shall be displayed on Armed Forces Day, Memorial 
Day, Flag Day, Independence Day, Veterans Day, National POW/MIA 
Recognition Day, and on the last business day before each of the 
preceding holidays, on the grounds or in the public lobbies of--
            (1) major military installations as designated by the 
        Secretary of Defense;
            (2) Federal national cemeteries;
            (3) the national Korean War Veterans Memorial;
            (4) the national Vietnam Veterans Memorial;
            (5) the White House;
            (6) the official office of the--
                    (A) Secretary of State;
                    (B) Secretary of Defense;
                    (C) Secretary of Veterans Affairs; and
                    (D) Director of the Selective Service System; and
            (7) United States Postal Service post offices.

SEC. 5. REPEAL OF PROVISION RELATING TO DISPLAY OF POW/MIA FLAG.

    Section 1084 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Years 1992 and 1993 (36 U.S.C. 189 note, Public Law 102-190) is 
repealed.

SEC. 6. REGULATIONS.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the agency or department responsible for a location listed in section 2 
shall prescribe any regulation necessary to carry out the provisions of 
this Act.
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