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S. 2755 114th Congress Senate

Fallen Heroes Flag Act of 2016

Official title: A bill to provide Capitol-flown flags to the immediate family of firefighters, law enforcement officers, members of rescue squads or ambulance crews, and publi… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to provide Capitol-flown flags to the immediate family of firefighters, law enforcement officers, members of rescue squads or ambulance crews, and public safety officers who are killed in the line of duty.

Introduced: April 6, 2016 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 18 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 16, 2016
Became Public Law No: 114-156.
May 16, 2016
Signed by President.
May 13, 2016
Presented to President.
May 10, 2016
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
May 10, 2016
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2164-2165)
May 10, 2016
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H2164-2165)
May 10, 2016
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 2755.
May 10, 2016
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2164-2166)
May 10, 2016
Mr. Nugent moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Apr 20, 2016
Held at the desk.
Apr 20, 2016
Received in the House.
Apr 20, 2016
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Apr 19, 2016
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S2202)
Apr 19, 2016
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S2202)
Apr 19, 2016
Senate Committee on Rules and Administration discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2201-2202)
Apr 19, 2016
Senate Committee on Rules and Administration discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S2201-2202)
Apr 6, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Apr 6, 2016
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action May 16, 2016

Became Public Law No: 114-156.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Fallen Heroes Flag Act of 2016

(Sec. 3) This bill allows the Representative or Senator of an immediate family member of a deceased firefighter, law enforcement officer, member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew, or public safety officer who died in the line of duty to give the family, on request, a Capitol-flown flag, together with a certificate, signed by the official providing the flag (the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Representative, or the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Senator), that contains an expression of sympathy for the family.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 723 Fallen Heroes Flag Act of 2015
 Bill text 4 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 15
All 15 Democratic 5 Republican 7 Independent 1
D
Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · Apr 14, 2016
Toomey, Patrick
· Apr 14, 2016
 R
Boozman, John
Arkansas · Apr 11, 2016
Burr, Richard
· Apr 6, 2016
 R
Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Apr 6, 2016
 R
Cornyn, John
Texas · Apr 6, 2016
 D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Apr 6, 2016
 R
Fischer, Deb
Nebraska · Apr 6, 2016
 I
King, Angus S., Jr.
Maine · Apr 6, 2016
 D
Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Apr 6, 2016
 R
McConnell, Mitch
Kentucky · Apr 6, 2016
 R
Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Apr 6, 2016
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Apr 6, 2016
 D
Warner, Mark R.
Virginia · Apr 6, 2016
 R
Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Apr 6, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2755: Fallen Heroes Flag Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2755/
MLA
"S. 2755: Fallen Heroes Flag Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2755/.
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S. 2755, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2755/.
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