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HR 742 101th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Embassies Flags Foreign service Military bases Missing in action Prisoners of war Southeast Asia Vietnamese Conflict

To require that the National League of Families POW/MIA flag be displayed at each United States diplomatic or consular post and military installation.

Introduced: January 31, 1989 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 9 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 7, 1990
Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from State.
Feb 21, 1989
Executive Comment Requested from State.
Feb 14, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs.
Feb 14, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on International Operations.
Feb 13, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Compensation.
Feb 6, 1989
Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Jan 31, 1989
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Jan 31, 1989
Introduced in House
Jan 31, 1989
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Requires the display of the National League of Families POW/MIA flag at each U.S. diplomatic or consular post and military installation until the President determines that there has been the fullest possible accounting of the Americans who are imprisoned, missing, or unaccounted for as a result of the conflict in Southeast Asia.

What's happening now March 7, 1990

Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from State.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Pelosi, Nancy
California · Mar 6, 1990
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 742: To require that the National League of Families POW/MIA flag be displayed at each United States diplomatic or consular post and military installation.. 101st Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-742/
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"H.R. 742: To require that the National League of Families POW/MIA flag be displayed at each United States diplomatic or consular post and military installation.." 101st Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-742/.
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H.R. 742, 101st Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-742/.
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