[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3542 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3542


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 19, 2010

    Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and 
                             Administration

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                                 AN ACT


 
To direct the Architect of the Capitol to fly the flag of a State over 
  the Capitol each year on the anniversary of the date of the State's 
                        admission to the Union.

    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 ``State Admission Day Recognition Act 
of 2010''.

SEC. 2. FLYING STATE FLAG OVER CAPITOL ON ANNIVERSARY OF STATE'S 
              ADMISSION TO UNION.

    (a) In General.--To honor the anniversary of each State's admission 
to the Union, the Architect of the Capitol shall fly the flag of the 
State over the Capitol each year on the anniversary of the date of the 
State's admission to the Union.
    (b) Effective Date.--The Architect of the Capitol shall fly the 
first flag of a State over the Capitol under this section on the first 
December 7 which occurs after the date of the enactment of this Act, in 
honor of the anniversary of the admission of Delaware, the first State 
admitted to the Union.

SEC. 3. REGULATIONS.

    The Committee on House Administration of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Administration of the 
Senate may promulgate jointly such regulations as may be appropriate to 
carry out this Act, including regulations permitting the Architect of 
the Capitol to honor the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, 
and the Northern Mariana Islands by flying the flag of each such 
jurisdiction over the Capitol each year on an appropriate date for that 
jurisdiction.

            Passed the House of Representatives March 18, 2010.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.