[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 284 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 284

  Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of Veterans 
 Affairs should provide the flag of the United States for placement on 
          the gravesites of recipients of the Medal of Honor.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 6, 2001

Mr. Shows (for himself, Mr. Frost, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Grucci, 
Ms. Hart, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Platts, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. 
Stearns, and Mr. Wexler) submitted the following concurrent resolution; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
  Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of Veterans 
 Affairs should provide the flag of the United States for placement on 
          the gravesites of recipients of the Medal of Honor.

Whereas the Medal of Honor is the highest award for valor which can be bestowed 
        upon an individual serving in the Armed Forces of the United States;
Whereas the Medal of Honor is generally presented to its recipient by the 
        President, in the name of the Congress, and is therefore often referred 
        to as the Congressional Medal of Honor;
Whereas 3,455 Medals of Honor have been awarded for acts of heroism since the 
        Civil War; and
Whereas the flag of the United States is made available for placement at 
        gravesites in veterans' cemeteries maintained by the Federal government: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs should make the flag of the United States available to 
immediate family members of deceased recipients of the Medal of Honor, 
and to veterans service organizations and other parties responsible for 
the maintenance of private gravesites of Medal of Honor recipients, for 
placement on such gravesites.
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