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May 15, 2007
By Keith Perine, CQ Staff
The House is scheduled to consider legislation Tuesday that would allow governors to order that the U.S. flag be flown at half-staff on the death of a member of the military from their states: the Army Specialist Joseph P. Micks Federal Flag Code Amendment Act of 2007
Bart Stupak, D-Mich., sponsored the bill (HR 692), which is named for an Army soldier from his district who was killed in combat in Iraq last year.
The House Judiciary Committee approved the bill by voice vote April 25. The House will consider the bill under suspension of the rules, with limited debate and a two-thirds vote required for passage.
Stupak introduced the bill after unsuccessfully trying to persuade President Bush to change federal rules governing the flying of the U.S. flag to honor servicemembers from Michigan who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The bill would apply to any member of the military who dies while on active duty and would not be limited to those who are killed in combat.
The mayor of Washington, D.C., would be given the same authority as state governors under the measure.
Flags at federal facilities would be required to follow suit when a governor or the D.C. mayor issues such a proclamation.
Senate Armed Services Chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich., has introduced a companion bill (S 720) in the Senate; it has been referred to the Judiciary Committee but has not advanced.
May 15, 2007
By Keith Perine, CQ Staff
The House is scheduled to consider legislation Tuesday that would allow governors to order that the U.S. flag be flown at half-staff on the death of a member of the military from their states: the Army Specialist Joseph P. Micks Federal Flag Code Amendment Act of 2007
Bart Stupak, D-Mich., sponsored the bill (HR 692), which is named for an Army soldier from his district who was killed in combat in Iraq last year.
The House Judiciary Committee approved the bill by voice vote April 25. The House will consider the bill under suspension of the rules, with limited debate and a two-thirds vote required for passage.
Stupak introduced the bill after unsuccessfully trying to persuade President Bush to change federal rules governing the flying of the U.S. flag to honor servicemembers from Michigan who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The bill would apply to any member of the military who dies while on active duty and would not be limited to those who are killed in combat.
The mayor of Washington, D.C., would be given the same authority as state governors under the measure.
Flags at federal facilities would be required to follow suit when a governor or the D.C. mayor issues such a proclamation.
Senate Armed Services Chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich., has introduced a companion bill (S 720) in the Senate; it has been referred to the Judiciary Committee but has not advanced.