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American Flags to Honor Our Veterans Act of 2025
To amend title 4, United States Code, to allow for cemetery flags to be displayed in an upright position directly adjacent to the grave sites of deceased members of the Armed Forces or veterans, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill amends federal flag code regulations to allow flags to be displayed in a secured, upright position directly adjacent to grave sites of deceased members of the Armed Forces or veterans. This provision provides an exception to existing flag display rules to permit this specific placement at cemeteries honoring military service members and veterans.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Steil, Bryan [R-WI-1] (R-WI)
11 cosponsors
- Rep. Bergman, Jack [R-MI-1] (R-MI)
- Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12] (R-IL)
- Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1] (D-NC)
- Rep. Fitzgerald, Scott [R-WI-5] (R-WI)
- Rep. Gillen, Laura [D-NY-4] (D-NY)
- Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6] (R-WI)
- Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14] (R-OH)
- Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI)
- Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] (D-CO)
- Rep. Van Orden, Derrick [R-WI-3] (R-WI)
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA)
Actions (2)
- Jun 12, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- Jun 12, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 12, 2025
Mr. Steil (for himself, Mr. Bergman, Mr. Bost, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Grothman, and Mr. Van Orden) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 4, United States Code, to allow for cemetery flags to be displayed in an upright position directly adjacent to the grave sites of deceased members of the Armed Forces or veterans, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “American Flags to Honor Our Veterans Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. CEMETERY FLAGS.
Section 6 of title 4, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(h) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the flag may be displayed in a secured, upright position directly adjacent to the grave site of a deceased member of the Armed Forces (as defined in section 101 of title 10) or veteran (as defined in section 101 of title
38).”. <all>
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