[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3914 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3914

To require that the United States flag be flown at half-staff in honor 
   of members of the Armed Forces who die in the line of duty in the 
                             United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 3, 2015

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To require that the United States flag be flown at half-staff in honor 
   of members of the Armed Forces who die in the line of duty in the 
                             United States.

    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 ``Half-Staff for Homeland Heroes 
Act''.

SEC. 2. UNITED STATES FLAG REQUIRED TO BE FLOWN AT HALF-STAFF UPON THE 
              DEATH OF A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES IN THE LINE OF 
              DOMESTIC DUTY.

    Section 7(m) of title 4, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by inserting after ``a member of the Armed Forces from 
        any State, territory, or possession who dies while serving on 
        active duty'' the following: ``in events not covered by the 9th 
        sentence of this subsection''; and
            (2) by inserting before ``As used in this subsection'' the 
        following new sentence: ``The flag shall be flown at half-staff 
        on the day following any day on which a member of the Armed 
        Forces dies from an injury incurred or aggravated in the United 
        States, in the line of duty (and not as a result of misconduct 
        by such member), and while such member was serving on active 
        duty (as defined in section 101(d) of title 10).''.
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