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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1522 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 36, United States Code, to request the President to issue |
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| 6 | 6 | | an annual proclamation designating Hostage and Wrongful Detainee |
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| 7 | 7 | | Day, to designate the Hostage and Wrongful Detainee Flag as an official |
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| 8 | 8 | | symbol to recognize citizens of the United States held as hostages or |
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| 9 | 9 | | wrongfully detained abroad, and for other purposes. |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 11 | 11 | | MARCH9, 2023 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Ms. S |
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| 13 | 13 | | TEVENS(for herself and Mr. HILL) introduced the following bill; which |
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| 14 | 14 | | was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in |
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| 15 | 15 | | addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subse- |
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| 16 | 16 | | quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such |
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| 17 | 17 | | provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned |
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| 18 | 18 | | A BILL |
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| 19 | 19 | | To amend title 36, United States Code, to request the Presi- |
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| 20 | 20 | | dent to issue an annual proclamation designating Hos- |
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| 21 | 21 | | tage and Wrongful Detainee Day, to designate the Hos- |
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| 22 | 22 | | tage and Wrongful Detainee Flag as an official symbol |
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| 23 | 23 | | to recognize citizens of the United States held as hos- |
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| 24 | 24 | | tages or wrongfully detained abroad, and for other pur- |
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| 25 | 25 | | poses. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | •HR 1522 IH |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Hostage and Wrongful 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Detainee Day Act of 2023’’. 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | SEC. 2. DESIGNATION. 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (a) H |
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| 36 | 36 | | OSTAGE ANDWRONGFULDETAINEEDAY.— 5 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (1) I |
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| 38 | 38 | | N GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 36, United 6 |
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| 39 | 39 | | States Code, is amended— 7 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (A) by redesignating the second section 8 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 146 (relating to Choose Respect Day) as section 9 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 147; and 10 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (B) by adding at the end the following: 11 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ‘‘§ 148. Hostage and Wrongful Detainee Day 12 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ‘‘The President is requested to issue each year a 13 |
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| 46 | 46 | | proclamation— 14 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ‘‘(1) designating a day as Hostage and Wrong-15 |
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| 48 | 48 | | ful Detainee Day; and 16 |
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| 49 | 49 | | ‘‘(2) calling on the people of the United States 17 |
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| 50 | 50 | | to observe Hostage and Wrongful Detainee Day with 18 |
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| 51 | 51 | | appropriate ceremonies and activities.’’. 19 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (2) T |
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| 53 | 53 | | ECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMEND -20 |
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| 54 | 54 | | MENT.—The table of sections for chapter 1 of title 21 |
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| 55 | 55 | | 36, United States Code, is amended by striking the 22 |
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| 56 | 56 | | item relating to the second section 146 and inserting 23 |
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| 57 | 57 | | the following: 24 |
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| 58 | 58 | | ‘‘147. Choose Respect Day. |
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| 59 | 59 | | ‘‘148. Hostage and Wrongful Detainee Day.’’. |
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| 63 | 63 | | (b) HOSTAGE ANDWRONGFULDETAINEEFLAG.— 1 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (1) I |
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| 65 | 65 | | N GENERAL.—Chapter 9 of title 36, United 2 |
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| 66 | 66 | | States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 3 |
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| 67 | 67 | | following: 4 |
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| 68 | 68 | | ‘‘§ 904. Hostage and Wrongful Detainee Flag 5 |
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| 69 | 69 | | ‘‘(a) D |
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| 70 | 70 | | ESIGNATION.—The Hostage and Wrongful De-6 |
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| 71 | 71 | | tainee Flag championed by the Bring Our Families Home 7 |
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| 72 | 72 | | Campaign is designated as the symbol of the commitment 8 |
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| 73 | 73 | | of the United States to recognizing citizens of the United 9 |
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| 74 | 74 | | States held as hostages or wrongfully detained abroad. 10 |
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| 75 | 75 | | ‘‘(b) R |
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| 76 | 76 | | EQUIREDDISPLAY.— 11 |
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| 77 | 77 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 78 | 78 | | N GENERAL.—The Hostage and Wrongful 12 |
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| 79 | 79 | | Detainee Flag shall be displayed at the locations 13 |
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| 80 | 80 | | specified in paragraph (2) on the days specified in 14 |
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| 81 | 81 | | paragraph (3). 15 |
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| 82 | 82 | | ‘‘(2) L |
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| 83 | 83 | | OCATIONS SPECIFIED .—The locations 16 |
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| 84 | 84 | | specified in this paragraph are the following: 17 |
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| 85 | 85 | | ‘‘(A) The Capitol. 18 |
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| 86 | 86 | | ‘‘(B) The White House. 19 |
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| 87 | 87 | | ‘‘(C) The buildings containing the official 20 |
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| 88 | 88 | | office of— 21 |
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| 89 | 89 | | ‘‘(i) the Secretary of State; and 22 |
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| 90 | 90 | | ‘‘(ii) the Secretary of Defense. 23 |
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| 91 | 91 | | ‘‘(3) D |
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| 92 | 92 | | AYS SPECIFIED.—The days specified in 24 |
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| 93 | 93 | | this paragraph are the following: 25 |
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| 97 | 97 | | ‘‘(A) Flag Day, June 14. 1 |
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| 98 | 98 | | ‘‘(B) Independence Day, July 4. 2 |
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| 99 | 99 | | ‘‘(C) Any other day on which a citizen or 3 |
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| 100 | 100 | | lawful permanent resident of the United 4 |
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| 101 | 101 | | States— 5 |
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| 102 | 102 | | ‘‘(i) returns to the United States from 6 |
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| 103 | 103 | | being held hostage or wrongfully detained 7 |
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| 104 | 104 | | abroad; or 8 |
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| 105 | 105 | | ‘‘(ii) dies while being held hostage or 9 |
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| 106 | 106 | | wrongfully detained abroad. 10 |
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| 107 | 107 | | ‘‘(4) D |
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| 108 | 108 | | ISPLAY TO BE IN A MANNER VISIBLE TO 11 |
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| 109 | 109 | | THE PUBLIC.—Display of the Hostage and Wrongful 12 |
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| 110 | 110 | | Detainee Flag pursuant to this section shall be in a 13 |
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| 111 | 111 | | manner designed to ensure visibility to the public. 14 |
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| 112 | 112 | | ‘‘(5) L |
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| 113 | 113 | | IMITATION.—This section may not be 15 |
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| 114 | 114 | | construed or applied so as to require any employee 16 |
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| 115 | 115 | | to report to work solely for the purpose of providing 17 |
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| 116 | 116 | | for the display of the Hostage and Wrongful De-18 |
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| 117 | 117 | | tainee Flag.’’. 19 |
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| 118 | 118 | | (2) T |
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| 119 | 119 | | ECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMEND -20 |
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| 120 | 120 | | MENT.—The table of sections for chapter 9 of title 21 |
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| 121 | 121 | | 36, United States Code, is amended by adding at 22 |
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| 122 | 122 | | the end the following: 23 |
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| 123 | 123 | | ‘‘904. Hostage and Wrongful Detainee Flag.’’. |
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