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From: Bob Necci & Carol Hrdlicka, Andi Wolos
(POW-MIA FaxNetwork)

Re: POW-MIA Flag Observance

Date: November 09, 1997

H.R.1085

To revise, codify, and enact without substantive change certain general and permanent laws, related to patriotic and national observances, ceremonies, and organizations, as title 36,... (Reported in the House)

Sec. 902. National League of Families POW/MIA Flag

(a) DESIGNATION- The National League of Families POW/MIA flag is designated as the symbol of our Nation's concern and commitment to resolving as fully as possible the fates of Americans still prisoner, missing and unaccounted for in Southeast Asia, thus ending the uncertainty for their families and the Nation.

(b) DISPLAY- The flag shall be displayed--

(1) at each national cemetery and at the National Vietnam Veterans Memorial each year on Memorial Day and Veterans Day and on any day designated by law as National POW/MIA Recognition Day; and

(2) on, or on the grounds of, the buildings containing the primary offices of the Secretaries of State, Defense, and Veterans Affairs, and the Director of the Selective Service System on any day designated by law as National POW/MIA Recognition Day.

(c) TERMINATION OF FLAG DISPLAY REQUIREMENT- Subsection (b) of this section ceases to apply when the President decides that the fullest possible accounting has been made of all members of the armed forces and civilian employees of the United States Government who have been identified as prisoners of war or missing in action in Southeast Asia.