HR 985 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the Armed Forces to display the flags of the District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands whenever the official flags of all 50 States are displayed.

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 18, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedMar 9, 2011
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to ensure that whenever the official flags of all 50 states are displayed by the Armed Forces, such display shall include the flags of the District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Cosponsors 21

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 9, 2011 to May 5, 2011, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-VIDonna M. ChristensenOriginalMar 9, 2011
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalMar 9, 2011
D-ASEni F. H. FaleomavaegaOriginalMar 9, 2011
D-GUMadeleine Z. BordalloOriginalMar 9, 2011
D-PRPedro R. PierluisiOriginalMar 9, 2011
D-OKDan BorenMar 30, 2011
D-CAGeorge MillerApr 7, 2011
D-CAMichael M. HondaApr 7, 2011
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaApr 7, 2011
D-TXAl GreenApr 15, 2011
D-NJAlbio SiresMay 5, 2011
D-TXCharles A. GonzalezMay 5, 2011
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoMay 5, 2011
D-NYGregory W. MeeksMay 5, 2011
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.May 5, 2011

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 18, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
  2. Mar 9, 2011Introduced in House
  3. Mar 9, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 9, 2011Introduced in House

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