Designates September 20, 1991, as National POW/MIA Recognition Day.
Authorizes the POW/MIA flag to be flown on a flagstaff of the White House, the Departments of State, Defense, and Veterans Affairs, the Selective Service Commission, each national cemetery, and the National Vietnam Veterans Memorial on such day.
Provides that the flag may be flown on a flagstaff of each national cemetery and the National Vietnam Veterans Memorial on May 30, 1991 (Memorial Day), and on September 2, 1991 (Labor Day).
States that it is the sense of the Congress that the POW/MIA flag be displayed under this Act as an expression and symbol of the concern and commitment of the people and the U.S. Government to resolving the uncertainty relating to members of the U.S. armed forces who are missing in action or whose locations are unknown as result of United States foreign wars (including those members who may still be prisoners of war).
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Senate Committee on Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Senate Committee on Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.
Passed Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.
Received in the House.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Held at the desk.
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