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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 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Sep 28, 2017
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now September 28, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 3 Republican 3
R
Crawford, Eric A. "Rick"
Arkansas · Feb 2, 2018
Collins, Chris
· Oct 4, 2017
Love, Mia
· Oct 4, 2017
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Babin, Brian
Texas · Sep 28, 2017
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Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Sep 28, 2017
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Sep 28, 2017
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Sep 28, 2017
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Sep 28, 2017
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 544: 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.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-544/
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"H. Res. 544: 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.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-544/.
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H. Res. 544, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-544/.
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[H. Res. 544: 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-544/)
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