[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2755 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2755

To provide Capitol-flown flags to the immediate family of firefighters, 
law enforcement officers, members of rescue squads or ambulance crews, 
     and public safety officers who are killed in the line of duty.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 6, 2016

  Mr. Blunt (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. 
Durbin, Mr. Leahy, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Udall, Ms. Ayotte, Mrs. Fischer, 
  Mr. Roberts, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Warner, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Burr, Mr. 
Heller, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Moran, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Franken, and Mr. King) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                 Committee on Rules and Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide Capitol-flown flags to the immediate family of firefighters, 
law enforcement officers, members of rescue squads or ambulance crews, 
     and public safety officers who are killed in the line of duty.

    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 ``Fallen Heroes Flag Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act--
            (1) the term ``Capitol-flown flag'' means a flag of the 
        United States flown over the Capitol in honor of the deceased 
        individual for whom the flag is requested;
            (2) the terms ``chaplain'', ``firefighter'', ``law 
        enforcement officer'', ``member of a rescue squad or ambulance 
        crew'', and ``public agency'' have the meanings given such 
        terms in section 1204 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
        Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796b);
            (3) the term ``immediate family member'', with respect to 
        an individual, means--
                    (A) the spouse, parent, brother, sister, or child 
                of the individual or a person to whom the individual 
                stands in loco parentis; or
                    (B) any other person related to the individual by 
                blood or marriage;
            (4) the term ``public safety officer'' means an individual 
        serving a public agency in an official capacity, with or 
        without compensation, as a law enforcement officer, as a 
        firefighter, or as a chaplain; and
            (5) the term ``Representative'' includes a Delegate or 
        Resident Commissioner to the Congress.

SEC. 3. PROVIDING CAPITOL-FLOWN FLAGS FOR FAMILIES OF FALLEN HEROES.

    (a) In General.--At the request of an immediate family member of a 
firefighter, law enforcement officer, member of a rescue squad or 
ambulance crew, or public safety officer who died in the line of duty, 
the Representative or Senator of the family may provide to the family a 
Capitol-flown flag, together with the certificate described in 
subsection (c).
    (b) No Cost to Family.--A Capitol-flown flag provided under this 
section shall be provided at no cost to the family.
    (c) Certificate.--The certificate described in this subsection is a 
certificate which is signed by the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives and the Representative, or the President pro tempore of 
the Senate and the Senator, providing the Capitol-flown flag, as 
applicable, and which contains an expression of sympathy for the family 
involved from the House of Representatives or the Senate, as 
applicable.

SEC. 4. REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURES.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Architect of the Capitol shall issue regulations for 
carrying out this Act, including regulations to establish procedures 
(including any appropriate forms, guidelines, and accompanying 
certificates) for requesting a Capitol-flown flag.
    (b) Review.--The regulations issued under subsection (a) shall take 
effect upon approval by the Committee on House Administration of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Administration 
of the Senate.

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 
2017 through 2022 such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act, 
to be derived from amounts appropriated in each such fiscal year for 
the operation of the Architect of the Capitol, except that the 
aggregate amount appropriated to carry out this Act for all such fiscal 
years may not exceed $40,000.

SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act, 
except that a Capitol-flown flag may not be provided under section 3 
until the regulations issued under section 4(a) take effect in 
accordance with section 4(b).
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