[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 104 (Tuesday, August 2, 1994)]
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                    NATIONAL POW/MIA RECOGNITION DAY

  Mr. BENNETT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Judiciary Committee be discharged from further consideration of Senate 
Joint Resolution 196, National POW/MIA Day, and I ask for its immediate 
consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A joint resolution (S.J. Res. 196) designating September 
     16, 1994, as ``National POW/MIA Day'' and authorizing display 
     of the National League of Families POW/MIA flag.

  The Senate proceeded to consider the joint resolution.
  Mr. BENNETT. Mr. President, I ask that the joint resolution proceed 
to third reading and final passage.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the joint resolution is 
deemed read three times and passed.
  So the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 196) was passed.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The joint resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                             S.J. Res. 196

       Whereas the United States has fought in many wars and 
     thousands of Americans who served in those wars were captured 
     by the enemy or listed as missing in action;
       Whereas many American prisoners of war were subjected to 
     brutal and inhumane treatment by their enemy captors in 
     violation of international codes and customs for the 
     treatment of prisoners of war, and many such prisoners of war 
     died from such treatment;
       Whereas many of these Americans are still listed as missing 
     and unaccounted for, and the uncertainty surrounding their 
     fates has caused their families to suffer tragic and 
     continuing hardships;
       Whereas, in the Joint Resolution entitled ``Joint 
     Resolution designating September 21, 1990, as `National POW/
     MIA Recognition Day', and recognizing the National League of 
     Families POW/MIA flag'', approved August 10, 1990, the 
     Federal Government officially recognized and designated the 
     National League of Families POW/MIA flag as the symbol of the 
     Nation's concern and commitment to accounting, as fully as 
     possible, for Americans whom are still prisoners of war, 
     missing in action, or unaccounted for in Southeast Asia; and
       Whereas the sacrifices of the Americans whom are still 
     missing in action and unaccounted for from all our Nation's 
     wars and their families are deserving of national recognition 
     and support for continued priority efforts to determine the 
     fate of those missing Americans: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
     United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF NATIONAL POW/MIA RECOGNITION DAY.

       September 16, 1994, is designated ``National POW/MIA 
     Recognition Day'', and the President is authorized and 
     requested to issue a proclamation calling on the people of 
     the United States to observe that day with appropriate 
     ceremonies and activities.

     SEC. 2 REQUIREMENT TO DISPLAY NATIONAL LEAGUE OF FAMILIES 
                   POW/MIA FLAG.

       (a) In General.--The POW/MIA flag shall be displayed, as a 
     symbol of the concern and commitment of the United States to 
     accounting, as fully as possible, for Americans whom are 
     still prisoners of war, missing in action, or unaccounted for 
     and to ending the uncertainty for their families and the 
     Nation--
       (1) at all national cemeteries and the National Vietnam 
     Veterans Memorial on May 30, 1994 (Memorial Day), September 
     16, 1994 (National POW/MIA Recognition Day), and November 11, 
     1994 (Veteran's Day); and
       (2) on, or on the grounds of, the buildings specified in 
     subsection (b) on September 16, 1994.
       (b) Buildings.--The buildings specified in this subsection 
     are--
       (1) the White House;
       (2) the Capitol Building; and
       (3) the buildings containing the primary offices of the--
       (A) Secretary of State;
       (B) Secretary of Defense;
       (C) Secretary of Veterans Affairs; and
       (D) Director of the Selective Service Commission.
       (c) POW/MIA Flag.--As used in this section, the term ``POW/
     MIA flag'' means the National League of Families POW/MIA flag 
     recognized officially and designated by section 2 of the 
     Joint Resolution entitled ``Joint Resolution designating 
     September 21, 1990, as `National POW/MIA Recognition Day', 
     and recognizing the National League of Families POW/MIA 
     flag'', approved August 10, 1990 (36 U.S.C. 189).

  Mr. BENNETT. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote by which 
the joint resolution was passed.
  Ms. MIKULSKI. I move to lay that motion on the table.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.

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