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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1 |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. RES. 167 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To establish uniform standards for flag displays in the House of |
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| 6 | 6 | | Representatives facilities. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY26, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. H |
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| 10 | 10 | | AMADEHof Arizona (for himself, Ms. TENNEY, Mrs. HARSHBARGER, |
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| 11 | 11 | | and Mr. M |
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| 12 | 12 | | CDOWELL) submitted the following resolution; which was re- |
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| 13 | 13 | | ferred to the Committee on House Administration |
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| 14 | 14 | | RESOLUTION |
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| 15 | 15 | | To establish uniform standards for flag displays in the House |
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| 16 | 16 | | of Representatives facilities. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Resolved, 1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SCOPE AND APPLICATION. 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | (a) A |
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| 20 | 20 | | PPLICATION.—This resolution shall apply to the 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | following: 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | (1) Office buildings of the House of Represent-5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | atives; 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2) Any office or facility used by the leadership 7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | of the House of Representatives for official pur-8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | poses. 9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | •HRES 167 IH |
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| 30 | 30 | | (3) Any locations used for official purposes by 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | a committee of the House of Representatives. 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (4) Any other area under the jurisdiction of the 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | House of Representatives. 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (b) E |
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| 35 | 35 | | XCEPTION.—Nothing in this resolution shall 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | apply to the individual personal office space of a Member 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | of the House of Representatives. 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | SEC. 2. AUTHORIZED FLAG DISPLAYS. 8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | In any location covered by section 1, the only flags 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | that may be displayed are the following: 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (1) The United States flag, as defined in sec-11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | tion 700(b) of title 18, United States Code. 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (2) The official House of Representatives flags 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | and insignia. 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (3) The State flag of the represented district of 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | a Member of the House of Representatives, dis-16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | played adjacent to the office of such Member. 17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (4) A military service flag. 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (5) The POW/MIA flag. 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (6) Any flag eligible to be displayed in the Hall 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | of Tribal Nations of the Bureau of Indian Affairs 21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | Museum Program. 22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (7) The flags of visiting foreign dignitaries dur-23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | ing an official visit. 24 |
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| 58 | 58 | | SEC. 3. OVERSIGHT. 1 |
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| 59 | 59 | | The Administration Committee of the House of Rep-2 |
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| 60 | 60 | | resentatives and the Sergeant of Arms shall oversee the 3 |
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| 61 | 61 | | application of this resolution, including by— 4 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (1) establishing a process for reviewing and ap-5 |
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| 63 | 63 | | proving temporary exceptions; and 6 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (2) implementing a timeline for compliance with 7 |
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| 65 | 65 | | the requirements of this resolution, including an ini-8 |
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| 66 | 66 | | tial implementation date that is not later than 30 9 |
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| 67 | 67 | | days after the date of enactment of this resolution. 10 |
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