[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 147 (Thursday, November 14, 2002)]
[House]
[Pages H8911-H8912]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   POW/MIA MEMORIAL FLAG ACT OF 2002

  Mr. HANSEN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Resources be discharged from further consideration of the Senate 
bill (S. 1226) to require the display of the POW-MIA flag at the World 
War II memorial, the Korean War Veterans Memorial, and the Vietnam 
Veterans Memorial, and ask for its immediate consideration in the 
House.
  The Clerk read the title of the Senate bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Utah?
  There was no objection.
  The Clerk read the Senate bill, as follows:

                                S. 1226

       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 
     2002''.

     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

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       (2) by inserting before 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), 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.

  The Senate bill was ordered to be 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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