2008-06-11T20:00:00Z opencongress.org tag:opencongress.org,2007:/issue_feed/4510 tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-11:/action/160219 2008-06-11T20:00:00Z A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing the Congress and the States to prohibit the act of desecration of the flag of the United States and to set criminal penalties for that act.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-10:/action/159994 2008-06-10T20:00:00Z To require the purchase of domestically made flags of the United States of America for use by the Federal Government.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-02:/action/158945 2008-06-02T20:00:00Z To amend title 4, United States Code, to encourage the display of the flag of the United States on Father's Day.<br /><br />June 02, 2008: Signed by President. tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-02:/action/158946 2008-06-02T20:00:00Z To amend title 4, United States Code, to encourage the display of the flag of the United States on Father's Day.<br /><br />June 02, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-239. tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-22:/action/158944 2008-05-22T20:00:00Z To amend title 4, United States Code, to encourage the display of the flag of the United States on Father's Day.<br /><br />May 22, 2008: Presented to President. tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-20:/action/157968 2008-05-20T20:00:00Z Celebrating the symbol of the United States flag and supporting the goals and ideals of Flag Day.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-14:/action/157542 2008-05-14T20:00:00Z To amend title 4, United States Code, to encourage the display of the flag of the United States on Father's Day.<br /><br />May 14, 2008: Cleared for White House. tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-07:/action/156609 2008-05-07T20:00:00Z Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that American flags flown on Federal Government buildings and on Federal property be made in the United States.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-16:/action/150407 2008-04-16T20:00:00Z A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the presentation of a flag of the United States to the children of members of the Armed Forces who die in service.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-30:/action/148545 2008-03-30T20:00:00Z To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for the protection of child custody arrangements for parents who are members of the Armed Forces deployed in support of a contingency operation, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-30:/action/148578 2008-03-30T20:00:00Z A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2009, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-03:/action/146611 2008-03-03T19:00:00Z A bill to authorize the placement in Arlington National Cemetery of an American Braille tactile flag in Arlington National Cemetery honoring blind members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and other Americans.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-17:/action/140816 2007-12-17T19:00:00Z To prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from authorizing honor guards to participate in funerals of veterans interred in national cemeteries unless the honor guards agree to offer veterans' families the option of having the honor guard perform a 13-fold flag recitation, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-04:/action/138996 2007-12-04T19:00:00Z A bill to direct the Architect of the Capitol to ensure that the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag and the national motto "In God We Trust" are each displayed prominently in the Capitol Visitor Center on a permanent basis and to prohibit the Architect from removing or refusing to include language or other content from exhibits and materials relating to the Capitol Visitor Center on the grounds that the language or content includes a religious reference or Judeo-Christian content.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-12:/action/136884 2007-11-12T19:00:00Z To authorize the placement in Arlington National Cemetery of an American Braille tactile flag in Arlington National Cemetery honoring blind members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and other Americans.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-29:/action/135289 2007-10-29T20:00:00Z Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration employees, volunteers, and veterans' service organizations that perform funeral honors and memorial honor details should be permitted to recite the 13 steps to fold an American flag (known as the "13-fold recital") at any national cemetery if requested by the family of the deceased.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-17:/action/132825 2007-10-17T20:00:00Z To direct the Architect of the Capitol to ensure that the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag and the national motto "In God We Trust" are each displayed prominently in the Capitol Visitor Center on a permanent basis and to prohibit the Architect from removing or refusing to include language or other content from exhibits and materials relating to the Capitol Visitor Center on the grounds that the language or content includes a religious reference or Judeo-Christian content.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-17:/action/132862 2007-10-17T20:00:00Z A bill to require the Architect of the Capitol to permit the acknowledgment of God on flag certificates.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-08:/action/131895 2007-10-08T20:00:00Z To require the Architect of the Capitol to permit the acknowledgment of God on flag certificates.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2007-09-24:/action/130289 2007-09-24T20:00:00Z To prohibit a school from receiving Federal funds if the school prevents a student from displaying or wearing in a respectful manner a representation of the flag of the United States.<br /><br />