[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 151 (Wednesday, October 21, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H11701]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 ADDING MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. HOLIDAY TO LIST OF DAYS ON WHICH FLAG 
                     SHOULD ESPECIALLY BE DISPLAYED

  Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of the bill 
(H.R. 3216) to amend the Act commonly called the ``Flag Code'' to add 
the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday to the list of days on which the 
flag should especially be displayed, and ask for its immediate 
consideration in the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from New York?
  There was no objection.
  The Clerk read the bill, as follows:

                               H.R. 3216

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled, That 
     section 2(d) of the Act entitled ``An Act to codify and 
     emphasize existing rules and customs pertaining to the 
     display and use of the flag of the United States of 
     America'', approved June 22, 1942 (36 U.S.C. 174(d)) is 
     amended by inserting ``Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday, 
     the third Monday in January;'' after ``January 20;''.
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read 
the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the 
table.

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