[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 917 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 917

 To amend title 36, United States Code, to designate May 1 as ``Silver 
                       Star Service Banner Day''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 24, 2017

  Mr. Blunt (for himself and Mrs. McCaskill) introduced the following 
    bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 36, United States Code, to designate May 1 as ``Silver 
                       Star Service Banner Day''.

    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 ``Silver Star Service Banner Day 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Congress has always honored the sacrifices made by the 
        wounded and ill members of the Armed Forces.
            (2) The Silver Star Service Banner has come to represent 
        the members of the Armed Forces and veterans who were wounded 
        or became ill in combat in the wars fought by the United 
        States.
            (3) The Silver Star Families of America was formed to help 
        the people of the United States remember the sacrifices made by 
        the wounded and ill members of the Armed Forces by designing 
        and manufacturing Silver Star Service Banners and Silver Star 
        Flags for that purpose.
            (4) The sole mission of the Silver Star Families of America 
        is to evoke memories of the sacrifices made by members of the 
        Armed Forces and veterans on behalf of the United States 
        through the presence of a Silver Star Service Banner in a 
        window or a Silver Star Flag flying.
            (5) The sacrifices made by members of the Armed Forces and 
        veterans on behalf of the United States should never be 
        forgotten.
            (6) May 1 is an appropriate date to designate as ``Silver 
        Star Service Banner Day''.

SEC. 3. DESIGNATION.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 1 of title 36, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 146. Silver Star Service Banner Day
    ``(a) Designation.--May 1 is Silver Star Service Banner Day.
    ``(b) Proclamation.--The President is requested to issue each year 
a proclamation calling on the people of the United States to observe 
Silver Star Service Banner Day with appropriate programs, ceremonies, 
and activities.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for 
chapter 1 of title 36, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 145 the following:

``146. Silver Star Service Banner Day.''.
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