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HRES 50 116th Congress House Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Abortion Commemorative events and holidays National symbols

Memorializing the unborn by lowering the United States flag to half-staff on the 22d day of January each year.

Introduced: January 16, 2019 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Jan 16, 2019
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This resolution supports the recognition of January 22 each year as the Day of Tears in the United States, and encourages citizens to lower their flags to half-staff to memorialize the unborn.

What's happening now January 16, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

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