A bill to provide Capitol-flown flags to the immediate family of firefighters, law enforcement officers, members of rescue squads or ambulance crews, and public safety officers who are killed in the line of duty.
(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.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Senate Committee on Rules and Administration discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S2201-2202)
Senate Committee on Rules and Administration discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2201-2202)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S2202)
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S2202)
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Received in the House.
Held at the desk.
Mr. Nugent moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2164-2166)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 2755.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H2164-2165)
Enacted as Public Law 114-156
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On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2164-2165)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 114-156.
Became Public Law No: 114-156.