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.
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.
- IntroducedMar 9, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- 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; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Original | Mar 9, 2011 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Mar 9, 2011 |
| D-AS | Eni F. H. Faleomavaega | Original | Mar 9, 2011 |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Original | Mar 9, 2011 |
| D-PR | Pedro R. Pierluisi | Original | Mar 9, 2011 |
| D-OK | Dan Boren | Mar 30, 2011 | |
| D-CA | George Miller | Apr 7, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Apr 7, 2011 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Apr 7, 2011 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | Apr 15, 2011 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | May 5, 2011 | |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | May 5, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | May 5, 2011 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | May 5, 2011 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | May 5, 2011 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | May 5, 2011 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | May 5, 2011 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | May 5, 2011 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | May 5, 2011 | |
| D-TX | Ruben Hinojosa | May 5, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Xavier Becerra | May 5, 2011 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Mar 9, 2011 |
| Military Personnel Subcommittee | Referred Mar 18, 2011 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 18, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- Mar 9, 2011Introduced in House
- Mar 9, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H1666.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 9, 2011Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
