115 HR 1892 IH: Honoring Hometown Heroes Act U.S. House of Representatives 2017-04-04 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I115th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 1892IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESApril 4, 2017Mr. Larson of Connecticut (for himself, Mr. King of New York, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Reichert, Mr. Walz, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. Esty, and Mr. Grijalva) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the JudiciaryA BILLTo amend title 4, United States Code, 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 duty.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Honoring Hometown Heroes Act.

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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

(a)

Amendment

The sixth sentence of section 7(m) of title 4, United States Code, is amended— (1)by striking or after possession of the United States and inserting a comma; (2)by inserting or the death of a first responder working in any State, territory, or possession who dies while serving in the line of duty, after while serving on active duty,; (3)by striking and after former officials of the District of Columbia and inserting a comma; and (4)by inserting before the period the following: , and first responders working in the District of Columbia. (b)

First responder defined

Such subsection is further amended— (1)in paragraph (2), by striking , United States Code; and and inserting a semicolon; (2)in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and; and (3)by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (4)the term first responder means a public safety officer as defined in section 1204 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796b).. (c)

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 Act.