S 2755 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Fallen Heroes Flag Act of 2016

Introduced Apr 6, 2016 Originated Senate Sponsor Roy Blunt R-MO

Fact sheet

Latest action · May 16, 2016 Became Public Law No: 114-156.

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. IntroducedApr 6, 2016
  2. Passed SenateApr 19, 2016
  3. Passed HouseMay 10, 2016
  4. To the PresidentMay 13, 2016
  5. Became lawMay 16, 2016

Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate passed version is repeated here.)

Fallen Heroes Flag Act of 2016

(Sec. 3) This bill allows the Representative or Senator of an immediate family member of a deceased firefighter, law enforcement officer, member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew, or public safety officer who died in the line of duty to give the family, on request, a Capitol-flown flag, together with a certificate, signed by the official providing the flag (the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Representative, or the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Senator), that contains an expression of sympathy for the family.

Cosponsors 24

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 6, 2016 to Apr 14, 2016, with 20 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MNAl FrankenOriginalApr 6, 2016
D-MNAmy KlobucharOriginalApr 6, 2016
I-MEAngus S. King Jr.OriginalApr 6, 2016
D-NYCharles E. SchumerOriginalApr 6, 2016
R-NVDean HellerOriginalApr 6, 2016
R-NEDeb FischerOriginalApr 6, 2016
D-CADianne FeinsteinOriginalApr 6, 2016
R-KSJerry MoranOriginalApr 6, 2016
R-TXJohn CornynOriginalApr 6, 2016
R-NHKelly AyotteOriginalApr 6, 2016
D-VAMark R. WarnerOriginalApr 6, 2016
R-KYMitch McConnellOriginalApr 6, 2016
R-KSPat RobertsOriginalApr 6, 2016
D-VTPatrick J. LeahyOriginalApr 6, 2016
R-NCRichard BurrOriginalApr 6, 2016
D-ILRichard J. DurbinOriginalApr 6, 2016
R-MSRoger F. WickerOriginalApr 6, 2016
R-WVShelley Moore CapitoOriginalApr 6, 2016
R-MSThad CochranOriginalApr 6, 2016
D-NMTom UdallOriginalApr 6, 2016
R-ALJeff SessionsApr 7, 2016
R-ARJohn BoozmanApr 11, 2016
D-DEChristopher A. CoonsApr 14, 2016
R-PAPatrick J. ToomeyApr 14, 2016

Actions 18

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 16, 2016Became Public Law No: 114-156.
  2. May 16, 2016Signed by President.
  3. May 13, 2016Presented to President.
  4. May 10, 2016Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2164-2166)
  5. May 10, 2016DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 2755.
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Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 723Fallen Heroes Flag Act of 2015Related billMay 13, 2015

Subjects

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Text 3

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. —Enrolled Bill
  2. Apr 19, 2016Engrossed in Senate
  3. Apr 6, 2016Introduced in Senate

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