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SJRES 170 102th Congress Senate

A joint resolution designating September 20, 1991, as "National POW/MIA Recognition Day", and authorizing the display of the National League of Families POW/MIA flag on flagstaffs at certain Federal…

Official title: A joint resolution designating September 20, 1991, as "National POW/MIA Recognition Day", and authorizing the display of the National League of Families POW/MI… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A joint resolution designating September 20, 1991, as "National POW/MIA Recognition Day", and authorizing the display of the National League of Families POW/MIA flag on flagstaffs at certain Federal facilities.

Introduced: July 22, 1991 See on congress.gov
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Sep 17, 1991
Held at the desk.
Sep 17, 1991
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Sep 17, 1991
Received in the House.
Sep 16, 1991
Passed Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.
Sep 16, 1991
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.
Sep 16, 1991
Senate Committee on Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Jun 27, 1991
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Jun 27, 1991
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action September 17, 1991

Held at the desk.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Designates September 20, 1991, as National POW/MIA Recognition Day.

Authorizes the POW/MIA flag to be flown on a flagstaff of the White House, the Departments of State, Defense, and Veterans Affairs, the Selective Service Commission, each national cemetery, and the National Vietnam Veterans Memorial on such day.

Provides that the flag may be flown on a flagstaff of each national cemetery and the National Vietnam Veterans Memorial on May 30, 1991 (Memorial Day), and on September 2, 1991 (Labor Day).

States that it is the sense of the Congress that the POW/MIA flag be displayed under this Act as an expression and symbol of the concern and commitment of the people and the U.S. Government to resolving the uncertainty relating to members of the U.S. armed forces who are missing in action or whose locations are unknown as result of United States foreign wars (including those members who may still be prisoners of war).

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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Jul 22, 1991
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S.J. Res. 170: A joint resolution designating September 20, 1991, as "National POW/MIA Recognition Day", and authorizing the display of the National League of Families POW/MIA flag on flagstaffs at certain Federal facilities.. 102nd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/102-SJRES-170/
MLA
"S.J. Res. 170: A joint resolution designating September 20, 1991, as "National POW/MIA Recognition Day", and authorizing the display of the National League of Families POW/MIA flag on flagstaffs at certain Federal facilities.." 102nd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/102-SJRES-170/.
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S.J. Res. 170, 102nd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/102-SJRES-170/.
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[S.J. Res. 170: A joint resolution designating September 20, 1991, as "National POW/MIA Recognition Day", and authorizing the display of the National League of Families POW/MIA flag on flagstaffs at certain Federal facilities.](https://openamerica.io/bill/102-SJRES-170/)
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