,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eeh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #f1 #bjac  
,mr4 ,king of ,new ,york 7for himself1  
,mr4 ,young of ,alaska1 ,mr4 ,reichert1 
,mr4 ,grimm1 ,ms4 ,bordallo1 ,mr4       
,larson of ,connecticut1 ,mr4 ,runyan1  
,mr4 ,ruppersberger1 ,mr4 ,pascrell1    
,mr4 ,coble1 and ,mr4 ,jones7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was referred 
to the ,committee on ,house             
,administration  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide 
,capitol-flown flags to the immediate   
family of fire fighters1 law enforcement
 officers1 emergency medical            
technicians1 and other rescue workers   
who are killed in the line of duty4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,fallen ,heroes ,flag ,act of      
#bjac4  #b4 ,providing capitol-flown    
flags for families of law enforcement   
and rescue workers killed in the line of
 duty  7a7 ,in general ,at the request  
of the immediate family of a fire       
fighter1 law enforcement officer1       

emergency technician1 or other rescue   
worker who died in the line of duty1 the
 ,representative of the family may      
provide the family with a ,capitol-flown
 flag1 together with the certificate    
described in subsection 7c74  7b7 ,no   
cost to family ,a flag provided under   
this section shall be provided at no    
cost to the family4  7c7 ,certificate   
,the certificate described in this      
subsection is a certificate which is    
signed by the ,speaker of the ,house of 
,representatives and the ,representative
 providing the flag1 and which contains 
an expression of sympathy from the      
,house of ,representatives for the      
family involved1 as prepared and        
developed by the ,clerk of the ,house of
 ,representatives4  7d7 ,definitions ,in
 this section--  7#a7 the term          
,capitol-flown flag means a ,united     
,states flag flown over the ,united     
,states ,capitol in honor of the        
deceased individual for whom such flag  
is requested2 and  7#b7 the term        

,representative includes a ,delegate or 
,resident ,commissioner to the          
,congress4  #c4 ,regulations and        
procedures  7a7 ,in general ,not later  
than #cj days after the date of the date
 of the enactment of this ,act1 the     
,clerk shall issue regulations for      
carrying out this ,act1 including       
regulations to establish procedures     
7including any appropriate forms1       
guidelines1 and accompanying            
certificates7 for requesting a          
,capitol-flown flag4  7b7 ,approval by  
committee on house administration ,the  
regulations issued by the ,clerk under  
subsection 7a7 shall take effect upon   
approval by the ,committee on ,house    
,administration of the ,house of        
,representatives4  #d4 ,authorization of
 appropriations ,there are authorized to
 be appropriated for each of the fiscal 
years #bjac through #bjah such sums as  
may be necessary to carry out this ,act1
 to be derived from amounts appropriated
 in each such fiscal year for the       

operation of the ,capitol ,visitor      
,center1 except that the aggregate      
amount appropriated to carry out this   
,act for all such fiscal years may not  
exceed #cj1jjj4  #e4 ,effective date    
,this ,act shall take effect on the date
 of its enactment1 except that no flags 
may be provided under section #b until  
the ,committee on ,house ,administration
 of the ,house of ,representatives      
approves the regulations issued by the  
,clerk of the ,house of ,representatives
 under section #c4