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115th Congress
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Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require a reading of the names of members of the Armed Forces who died in the previous month as a result of combat.
Introduced: September 28, 2017
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Sep 28, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Sep 28, 2017
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends Rule XIV (Order and Priority of Business) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to require (on the first legislative day of each month) a reading of the names of members of the Armed Forces who died in the previous month as a result of combat.
Prohibits the Speaker of the House from reading the name of any such member if any family member informs the Speaker that he or she does not wish to have the name of that individual read.
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Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
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