Honor Inauguration Day Act
Latest action · Jan 13, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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.
- IntroducedJan 13, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Honor Inauguration Day Act
This bill requires the U.S. flag to be flown at its highest peak on each presidential Inauguration Day.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 13, 2025 to Jan 21, 2025; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | Brandon Gill | Original | Jan 13, 2025 |
| R-TX | Brian Babin | Original | Jan 13, 2025 |
| R-TX | Jake Ellzey | Original | Jan 13, 2025 |
| R-TX | Keith Self | Original | Jan 13, 2025 |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Original | Jan 13, 2025 |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Original | Jan 13, 2025 |
| R-FL | Byron Donalds | Jan 14, 2025 | |
| R-IN | James R. Baird | Jan 14, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Nathaniel Moran | Jan 14, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Pat Fallon | Jan 14, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Ronny Jackson | Jan 14, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Scott Franklin | Jan 14, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Troy E. Nehls | Jan 14, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Chip Roy | Jan 15, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Daniel Webster | Jan 15, 2025 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jan 13, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 13, 2025Introduced in House
- Jan 13, 2025Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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 Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 6, January 13, 2025, page H112.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require that the flag of the United States of America be flown at its highest peak on Inauguration Day.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Honor Inauguration Day Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 13, 2025Introduced 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.
