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SJRES 79 101th Congress Senate Government Operations and Politics Emblems Federal office buildings Flags Missing in action Prisoners of war Southeast Asia Vietnamese Conflict

A joint resolution to require display of the POW/MIA flag at Federal buildings.

Introduced: March 15, 1989 See on congress.gov
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Mar 15, 1989
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
Mar 15, 1989
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Provides for an appropriate POW/MIA flag to be displayed on Federal buildings until there is a satisfactory accounting of POW/MIAs in Southeast Asia.

Authorizes appropriations.

What's happening now March 15, 1989

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HJRES 266 Identical bill To require the display of the POW/MIA flag at Federal buildings.
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 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Jun 9, 1989
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S.J. Res. 79: A joint resolution to require display of the POW/MIA flag at Federal buildings.. 101st Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/101-SJRES-79/
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"S.J. Res. 79: A joint resolution to require display of the POW/MIA flag at Federal buildings.." 101st Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/101-SJRES-79/.
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S.J. Res. 79, 101st Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/101-SJRES-79/.
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[S.J. Res. 79: A joint resolution to require display of the POW/MIA flag at Federal buildings.](https://openamerica.io/bill/101-SJRES-79/)
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