HRES 56
119th 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.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
Jan 22, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Jan 22, 2025
Submitted in House
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Plain-English summary
This resolution expresses support for recognizing a Day of Tears and lowering flags to half-staff to honor unborn lives lost to abortion.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Bill text
1 version
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Committees of jurisdiction
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 56: Memorializing the unborn by lowering the United States flag to half-staff on the 22d day of January each year.. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HRES-56/
"H. Res. 56: Memorializing the unborn by lowering the United States flag to half-staff on the 22d day of January each year.." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HRES-56/.
H. Res. 56, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HRES-56/.
[H. Res. 56: Memorializing the unborn by lowering the United States flag to half-staff on the 22d day of January each year.](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HRES-56/)