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HRES 783 110th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Cemeteries and funerals Commemorations Department of Veterans Affairs Federal employees Flags Government Operations and Politics Social Welfare Veterans' benefits Veterans' organizations Volunteer workers

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration employees, volunteers, and veterans' service organizations that perform funeral honors and memorial honor details should be permitted to recite the 13 steps to fold an American flag (known as the "13-fold recital") at any national cemetery if requested by the family of the deceased.

Introduced: October 30, 2007 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Oct 30, 2007
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration employees, volunteers, and veteran's service organizations that perform funeral honors and memorial honor details should be permitted to recite the 13 steps to fold an American flag (known as the "13-fold recital") at any national cemetery if requested to do so by the family of the deceased.

What's happening now October 30, 2007

Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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