[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 8543]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   SILVER STAR SERVICE BANNER DAY ACT

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of 
S. 917 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 917) to amend title 36, United States Code, to 
     designate May 1 as ``Silver Star Service Banner Day.''

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill 
be considered read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider 
be considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 917) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                 S. 917

       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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