[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 349 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 349

 To amend the Act commonly called the ``Flag Code'' to add the Martin 
 Luther King, Jr. holiday to the list of days on which the flag should 
                        especially be displayed.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 19, 1999

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Act commonly called the ``Flag Code'' to add the Martin 
 Luther King, Jr. holiday to the list of days on which the flag should 
                        especially be displayed.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2(d) of 
the Act entitled ``An Act to codify and emphasize existing rules and 
customs pertaining to the display and use of the flag of the United 
States of America'', approved June 22, 1942 (36 U.S.C. 174(d)) is 
amended by inserting ``Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday, the third 
Monday in January;'' after ``January 20;''.
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