[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 127 (Wednesday, October 2, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9858-S9859]
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                   POW/MIA MEMORIAL FLAG ACT OF 2001

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary 
Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. 1226 and that 
we now proceed to its consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1226) to require the display of the POW/MIA flag 
     at the World War II Memorial, the Korean Memorial, and the 
     Vietnam Vets Memorial.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be 
read the third time, passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the 
table, and that any statements relating thereto be printed in the 
Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 1226) was read the third time and passed, as follows:
       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 ``POW/MIA Memorial Flag Act of 
     2001''.

     SEC. 2. DISPLAY OF POW/MIA FLAG AT WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL, 
                   KOREAN WAR MEMORIAL, AND VIETNAM VETERANS 
                   MEMORIAL.

       (a) Requirement for Display.--Subsection (d)(3) of section 
     902 of title 36, United States Code, is amended by striking 
     ``The Korean War Veterans Memorial and the Vietnam Veterans 
     Memorial'' and inserting ``The World War II memorial, the 
     Korean War Veterans Memorial, and the Vietnam Veterans 
     Memorial''.
       (b) Days for Display.--Subsection (c)(2) of that section is 
     amended--
       (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as 
     subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively; and
       (2) by inserting before the subparagraph (B), as so 
     redesignated, the following new subparagraph (A):
       ``(A) in the case of display at the World War II memorial, 
     Korean War Veterans Memorial, and Vietnam Veterans Memorial 
     (required by subsection (d)(3) of this section),

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     any day on which the United States flag is displayed;''.
       (c) Display on Existing Flagpole.--No element of the United 
     States Government may construe the amendments made by this 
     section as requiring the acquisition of erection of a new or 
     additional flagpole for purposes of the display of the POW/
     MIA flag.

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