FLAG—U.S.

Addresses

Heroes and Role Models for Today and Tomorrow: James E. Merna, E1241-E1243 [28JN]

Amendments

Constitutional amendments: prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 36), H4063 [17JY]

Local government: ensure that rules of etiquette for flying the flag do not preclude the flying of flags at half mast when ordered by city and local officials (H.R. 1022), H9192 [11DE]

Articles and editorials

Flag Amendment Should Die, H4060 [17JY]

Flag Staff Dedicated in Downtown Park, E2402 [20DE]

When They Burned the Flag Back Home—Thoughts of a Former POW, E1363 [18JY]

Bills and resolutions

Cemeteries and funerals: urge maintainance of flags placed on the grave sites of U.S. veterans on Memorial Day (see H. Res. 120), H1556 [24AP]

Constitutional amendments: prohibit desecration (see S.J. Res. 7), S2219 [13MR] (see H.R. 80), H27 [3JA] (see H.J. Res. 11), H223 [7FE] (see H.J. Res. 36), H876 [13MR]

———prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 36), consideration (see H. Res. 189), H3959 [11JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide U.S. flags for placement on grave sites of Medal of Honor recipients (see H. Con. Res. 284), H9077 [6DE]

Desecration (see H. Con. Res. 105), H1556 [24AP]

Flag Day: establish as a legal public holiday (see H.R. 2242), H3259 [19JN]

Foreign trade: prohibit importation of foreign-made U.S. flags (see H.R. 3107), H6701 [11OC]

Government: prohibit any U.S. department or agency from transferring funds to any individual or entity that prohibits the display of the U.S. flag (see H.R. 3201), H7591 [31OC]

Law enforcement officers: provide Capitol-flown flags to the families of deceased law enforcement officers (see H.R. 94), H27 [3JA]

———provide Capitol-flown flags to the families of deceased law enforcement officers and firefighters (see S. 441), S1747 [1MR]

Local government: ensure that rules of etiquette for flying the flag do not preclude the flying of flags at half mast when ordered by city and local officials (see H.R. 1022), H928 [14MR]

National Fallen Firefighters Memorial: commemorate fallen firefighters by lowering the U.S. flag to half-staff during the memorial service in Emmitsburg, MD (see S.J. Res. 18), S7426 [10JY] (see H.J. Res. 42), H1345 [29MR]

National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day: add to the list of days on which the flag should be especially displayed (see S. 1663), S11612 [8NO] (see H.R. 2675), H4862 [30JY]

``Our Flag'': authorize printing (see H. Con. Res. 244), H6458 [9OC]

Protect (see H.R. 2312), H3617 [26JN]

Schools: recognize right of students in public schools for silent prayer or meditation, encourage recitation of Pledge of Allegiance, and prevent discrimination based on religious character or speech (see H.J. Res. 54), H3465 [21JN]

Terrorism: encourage displaying of the flag in response to hijacking and crashing of aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 224), H5592 [11SE] (see H. Con. Res. 225), H5616 [13SE]

———provide Capitol-flown flags to surviving victims and families of deceased victims of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Res. 239), H5704 [14SE]

Excerpts

``American Spirit in the New Millennium,'' Ron Morgan, E2250 [11DE]

``War Letters—Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars,'' Andrew Carroll, E1122 [14JN]

Letters

Constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration of the U.S. flag: Charles A. Spain, Jr., H4045 [17JY]

———Colin L. Powell, E1363 [18JY]

Prohibit desecration of the U.S. Flag: Brian Kent, E981 [25MY]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H1 [3JA], H29 [6JA], H65 [20JA], H77 [30JA], H113 [31JA], H169 [6FE], H203 [7FE], H227 [8FE], H255 [12FE], H261 [13FE], H327 [14FE], H401 [26FE], H415 [27FE], H445 [28FE], H509 [1MR], H625 [5MR], H631 [6MR], H653 [7MR], H743 [8MR], H829 [12MR], H837 [13MR], H881 [14MR], H931 [15MR], H957 [19MR], H962 [20MR], H1015 [21MR], H1063 [22MR], H1119 [26MR], H1125 [27MR], H1193 [28MR], H1297 [29MR], H1349 [30MR], H1356 [3AP], H1413 [4AP], H1501 [24AP], H1561 [25AP], H1607 [26AP], H1663 [27AP], H1671 [1MY], H1735 [2MY], H1864 [3MY], H1927 [7MY], H1936 [8MY], H2026 [9MY], H2085 [10MY], H2145 [14MY], H2153 [15MY], H2187 [16MY], H2283 [17MY], H2337 [21MY], H2389 [22MY], H2573 [23MY], H2681 [24MY], H2715 [25MY], H2851 [5JN], H2893 [6JN], H2959 [7JN], H3001 [8JN], H3007 [12JN], H3077 [13JN], H3153 [14JN], H3205 [18JN], H3210 [19JN], H3263 [20JN], H3361 [21JN], H3470 [25JN], H3522 [26JN], H3621 [27JN], H3717 [28JN], H3809 [10JY], H3867 [11JY], H3963 [12JY], H4011 [16JY], H4028 [17JY], H4117 [18JY], H4222 [19JY], H4355 [20JY], H4380 [23JY], H4433 [24JY], H4545 [25JY], H4639 [26JY], H4727 [27JY], H4785 [30JY], H4869 [31JY], H4991 [1AU], H5179 [2AU], H5343 [5SE], H5409 [6SE], H5458 [10SE], H5493 [11SE], H5593 [13SE], H5619 [14SE], H5707 [17SE], H5729 [19SE], H5737 [20SE], H5867 [21SE], H5934 [24SE], H5979 [25SE], H6059 [26SE], H6063 [28SE], H6070 [2OC], H6165 [3OC], H6263 [4OC], H6383 [5OC], H6423 [9OC], H6461 [10OC], H6507 [11OC], H6705, H6726 [12OC], H6789 [16OC], H6921 [17OC], H7130 [23OC], H7219 [24OC], H7309 [25OC], H7335 [29OC], H7361 [30OC], H7531 [31OC], H7593 [1NO], H7721 [5NO], H7728 [6NO], H7855 [7NO], H7911 [8NO], H7961 [9NO], H8037 [13NO], H8135 [14NO], H8183 [15NO], H8251 [16NO], H8341 [19NO], H8345 [27NO], H8423 [28NO], H8568 [29NO], H8733 [30NO], H8749 [4DE], H8845 [5DE], H8951 [6DE], H9079 [10DE], H9087 [11DE], H9241 [12DE], H10057 [13DE], H10155 [17DE], H10179 [18DE], H10357 [19DE], H10913 [20DE]

Senate, S1 [3JA], S19 [4JA], S29 [5JA], S51 [6JA], S53 [8JA], S57 [20JA], S69 [22JA], S429 [23JA], S507 [24JA], S557 [25JA], S591 [29JA], S655 [30JA], S835 [31JA], S933 [1FE], S1027 [6FE], S1097 [7FE], S1167 [8FE], S1241 [13FE], S1363 [14FE], S1439 [15FE], S1543 [26FE], S1593 [27FE], S1657 [28FE], S1723 [1MR], S1793 [5MR], S1831 [6MR], S1915 [7MR], S2017 [8MR], S2105 [9MR], S2139 [12MR], S2169 [13MR], S2269 [14MR], S2323 [15MR], S2421 [19MR], S2535 [20MR], S2603 [21MR], S2681 [22MR], S2795 [23MR], S2835 [26MR], S2923 [27MR], S3005 [28MR], S3069 [29MR], S3183 [30MR], S3233 [2AP], S3289 [3AP], S3361 [4AP], S3461 [5AP], S3637 [6AP], S3773 [23AP], S3797 [24AP], S3867 [25AP], S3933 [26AP], S4019 [30AP], S4055 [1MY], S4125 [2MY], S4187 [3MY], S4375 [4MY], S4407 [7MY], S4449 [8MY], S4525 [9MY], S4775 [10MY], S4851 [14MY], S4901 [15MY], S4969 [16MY], S5025 [17MY], S5185 [21MY], S5405 [22MY], S5489 [23MY], S5571 [24MY], S5663 [25MY], S5767 [26MY], S5805 [5JN], S5843 [6JN], S5907 [7JN], S5997 [8JN], S6019 [11JN], S6061 [12JN], S6147 [13JN], S6239 [14JN], S6369 [18JN], S6387 [19JN], S6463 [20JN], S6533 [21JN], S6627 [22JN], S6835 [25JN], S6869 [26JN], S6937 [27JN], S7011 [28JN], S7127 [29JN], S7293 [9JY], S7363 [10JY], S7437 [11JY], S7539 [12JY], S7657 [16JY], S7721 [17JY], S7831 [18JY], S7893 [19JY], S7987 [20JY], S8033 [23JY], S8079 [24JY], S8147 [25JY], S8251 [26JY], S8301 [27JY], S8371 [30JY], S8403 [31JY], S8499 [1AU], S8629 [2AU], S8849 [3AU], S9011 [4SE], S9091 [5SE], S9129 [6SE], S9205 [10SE], S9283 [12SE], S9343 [13SE], S9411 [14SE], S9467 [19SE], S9551 [20SE], S9561 [21SE], S9679 [24SE], S9763 [25SE], S9823 [26SE], S9941 [1OC], S10027 [2OC], S10105 [3OC], S10257 [4OC], S10343 [9OC], S10403 [10OC], S10487 [11OC], S10671 [15OC], S10745 [16OC], S10779 [17OC], S10805 [18OC], S10853 [23OC], S10907 [24OC], S10989 [25OC], S11153 [30OC], S11251 [31OC], S11299 [1NO], S11399 [2NO], S11419 [5NO], S11449 [6NO], S11505 [7NO], S11567 [8NO], S11637 [9NO], S11665 [13NO], S11737 [14NO], S11869 [15NO], S11973 [16NO], S12017 [27NO], S12065 [28NO], S12113 [29NO], S12219 [30NO], S12275 [3DE], S12331 [4DE], S12389 [5DE], S12465 [6DE], S12581 [7DE], S12755 [10DE], S12817 [11DE], S12989 [12DE], S13079 [13DE], S13245 [14DE], S13321 [17DE], S13365 [18DE], S13647 [19DE], S13773 [20DE]

Poems

``Flag Goes By,'' Henry Holcomb Bennett, S11654 [9NO]

``Hats Off!'', S6367 [14JN]

``Our Flag, Old Glory,'' Wendell Pigg, E2049 [8NO]

Proclamations

Tribute to Union Local High School, Belmont, OH: Representative Ney, E2009 [6NO]

Remarks in House

Blue Springs, MO: tribute to American Legion Post 499 Annual Flag Retirement Ceremony, E1105 [14JN]

Cemeteries and funerals: urge maintenance of flags placed on the grave sites of U.S. veterans on Memorial Day (H. Res. 120), H2253 [16MY]

Constitutional amendments: prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 36), H944 [15MR], H3872 [11JY], H4043-H4069, H4101 [17JY], E339 [13MR], E980 [25MY], E1362, E1363, E1365 [18JY], E1374 [19JY], E1380, E1388 [20JY], E1429 [25JY]

———prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 36), consideration (H. Res. 189), H4035, H4036 [17JY]

———prohibit desecration (H.R. 80), E12 [3JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide U.S. flags for placement on grave sites of Medal of Honor recipients (H. Con. Res. 284), H9055 [6DE]

Desecration (H. Con. Res. 105), E609 [24AP]

Flag Day: observance, H3154 [14JN], E1105, E1114, E1120, E1122 [14JN]

House of Representatives: appoint Member to lead the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance simultaneously with the Pledge Across America program, H6681 [11OC]

Law enforcement officers: provide Capitol-flown flags to the families of deceased law enforcement officers (H.R. 94), H2658 [23MY], E806 [15MY]

Local government: ensure that rules of etiquette for flying the flag do not preclude the flying of flags at half mast when ordered by city and local officials (H.R. 1022), H9192, H9193 [11DE]

Morgan, Ron: tribute to book ``The American Spirit in the New Millennium'', E2250 [11DE]

Nassau County, NY: tribute to United Veterans Organization flag education program, E1137 [18JN]

National Fallen Firefighters Memorial: commemorate fallen firefighters by lowering the U.S. flag to half-staff during the memorial service in Emmitsburg, MD (H.J. Res. 42), H6071, H6076-H6080 [2OC], E490 [29MR], E1777 [2OC], E1783, E1784 [3OC], E1834 [9OC]

``Our Flag'': authorize printing (H. Con. Res. 244), H6424, H6425 [9OC]

Parry, Fran: disciplining of Gaithersburg High School student for actions during the Pledge of Allegiance, E1241 [28JN]

Terrorism: encourage displaying of the flag in response to hijacking and crashing of aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H. Con. Res. 224), E1630 [11SE]

———encourage displaying of the flag in response to hijacking and crashing of aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H. Con. Res. 225), H5595-H5598 [13SE], E1649, E1661, E1663 [14SE]

———provide Capitol-flown flags to surviving victims and families of deceased victims of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H. Res. 239), H5699, H5700 [14SE]

Remarks in Senate

Constitutional amendments: prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 36), S7889 [18JY], S7893 [19JY]

———prohibit desecration (S.J. Res. 7), S2229-S2231 [13MR]

Flag Day: observance, S6312, S6367 [14JN]

Law enforcement officers: provide Capitol-flown flags to the families of deceased law enforcement officers and firefighters (S. 441), S1782 [1MR]

National Fallen Firefighters Memorial: commemorate fallen firefighters by lowering the U.S. flag to half-staff during the memorial service in Emmitsburg, MD (H.J. Res. 42), S10338 [4OC]

———commemorate fallen firefighters by lowering the U.S. flag to half-staff during the memorial service in Emmitsburg, MD (S.J. Res. 18), S7431 [10JY], S10338 [4OC]

``Our Flag'': authorize printing (H. Con. Res. 244), S12745 [7DE]

Patriotism: commend actions and prayers of U.S. citizens in response to hijacking and crashing of aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, S9460 [14SE]

Terrorism: encourage displaying of the flag in response to hijacking and crashing of aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, S9460 [14SE]

———encourage displaying of the flag in response to hijacking and crashing of aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H. Con. Res. 225), S9410 [13SE]

Reports filed

Commemorate Fallen Firefighters by Lowering the U.S. Flag to Half-Staff During the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service in Emmitsburg, MD: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S.J. Res. 18), S10286 [4OC]

Community Recognition Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1022) (H. Rept. 107-305), H8654, H8731 [29NO]

Consideration of H.J. Res. 36, Constitutional Amendment To Prohibit Desecration of the U.S. Flag: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 189) (H. Rept. 107-136), H3959 [11JY]

Constitutional Amendment To Prohibit Desecration of the U.S. Flag: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.J. Res. 36) (H. Rept. 107-115), H3711 [27JN]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 244, printing of ``Our Flag'', H6424 [9OC]

H. Con. Res. 255, encourage displaying of the U.S. flag in response to hijacking and crashing of aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H5595 [13SE]

H. Res. 189, consideration of H.J. Res. 36, constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration of the U.S. flag, H4035 [17JY]

H. Res. 239, Terrorist Victims Flag Memorial Resolution, H5700 [14SE]

H.J. Res. 36, constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration of U.S. flag, H4043 [17JY]

H.J. Res. 42, commemorate fallen firefighters by lowering the U.S. flag to half-staff during the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial memorial service in Emmitsburg, MD, H6076 [2OC]

H.R. 1022, Community Recognition Act, H9192 [11DE]

S. 441, Fallen Law Enforcement Officers and Firefighters Flag Memorial Act, S1782 [1MR]

S.J. Res. 7, constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration of U.S. Flag, S2230 [13MR]

S.J. Res. 18, commemorate fallen firefighters by lowering the U.S. flag to half-staff during the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial memorial service in Emmitsburg, MD, S10338 [4OC]

S.J. Res. 18, commemorate fallen firefighters by lowering the U.S. flag to half-staff during the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial service in Emmitsburg, MD, S7431 [10JY]