,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bchf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ad1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,larson of ,connecticut 7for himself1  
,mr4 ,king of ,new ,york1 ,mr4          
,courtney1 ,mr4 ,himes1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 
,mr4 ,johnson of ,ohio1 and ,mr4        
,andrews7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend   
title #d1 ,united ,states ,code1 to     
provide for the flying of the flag at   
half-staff in the event of the death of 
a first responder in the line of duty4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,honoring ,hometown ,heroes     
,act4  #b4 ,permitting the flag to be   
flown at half-staff in the event of the 
death of a first responder serving in   
the line of duty  7a7 ,amendment ,the   
sixth sentence of section #g7m7 of title
 #d1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended--
  7#a7 by striking or after possession  
of the ,united ,states and inserting a  
comma2  7#b7 by inserting or the death  

of a first responder working in any     
,state1 territory1 or possession who    
dies while serving in the line of duty1 
after while serving on active duty12    
7#c7 by striking and after former       
officials of the ,district of ,columbia 
and inserting a comma2 and  7#d7 by     
inserting before the period the         
following3 1 and first responders       
working in the ,district of ,columbia4  
7b7 ,first responder defined ,such      
subsection is further amended--  7#a7 in
 paragraph 7#b71 by striking 1 ,united  
,states ,code2 and and inserting a      
semicolon2  7#b7 in paragraph 7#c71 by  
striking the period at the end and      
inserting 2 and2 and  7#c7 by adding at 
the end the following new paragraph3    
7#d7 the term first responder means a   
public safety officer as defined in     
section #abjd of the ,omnibus ,crime    
,control and ,safe ,streets ,act of     
#aifh 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #cgif;b74  4  7c7  
,effective date ,the amendments made by 
this ,act shall apply with respect to   

deaths of first responders occurring on 
or after the date of the enactment of   
this ,act4