[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1226 Referred in House (RFH)]

  2d Session
                                S. 1226


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 3, 2002

                 Referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 AN ACT


 
    To require the display of the POW/MIA flag at the World War II 
 memorial, the Korean War Veterans Memorial, and the Vietnam Veterans 
                               Memorial.

    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 ``POW/MIA Memorial Flag Act of 2002''.

SEC. 2. DISPLAY OF POW/MIA FLAG AT WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL, KOREAN WAR 
              MEMORIAL, AND VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL.

    (a) Requirement for Display.--Subsection (d)(3) of section 902 of 
title 36, United States Code, is amended by striking ``The Korean War 
Veterans Memorial and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial'' and inserting 
``The World War II memorial, the Korean War Veterans Memorial, and the 
Vietnam Veterans Memorial''.
    (b) Days for Display.--Subsection (c)(2) of that section is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as 
        subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting before subparagraph (B), as so 
        redesignated, the following new subparagraph (A):
            ``(A) in the case of display at the World War II memorial, 
        Korean War Veterans Memorial, and Vietnam Veterans Memorial 
        (required by subsection (d)(3) of this section), any day on 
        which the United States flag is displayed;''.
    (c) Display on Existing Flagpole.--No element of the United States 
Government may construe the amendments made by this section as 
requiring the acquisition of erection of a new or additional flagpole 
for purposes of the display of the POW/MIA flag.

            Passed the Senate October 2, 2002.

            Attest:

                                                  JERI THOMSON,

                                                             Secretary.