Bill Text: IN HCR0018 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Urging the Indiana General Assembly to fly the POW/MIA flag in both Chambers.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2012-03-06 - Returned to the House [HCR0018 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2012-HCR0018-Introduced.html
RESOLUTION No. ________
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana General Assembly to fly the POW/MIA flag in the House and Senate Chambers.
_______________________, read first time and referred to Committee on
RESOLUTION
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana General
Assembly to fly the POW/MIA flag in the House and Senate Chambers.
Whereas, More than 83,000 Americans are missing from
World War II, the Korean War, the Cold War, the Vietnam
War, and the 1991 Gulf War;
Whereas, In 1990, the 101st Congress officially recognized
the POW/MIA flag;
Whereas, Congress designated the flag as "the symbol of
our Nation's concern and commitment to resolving as fully as
possible the fates of Americans still prisoner, missing and
unaccounted for in Southeast Asia, thus ending the
uncertainty for the families and the Nation" (Public Law
101-355);
Whereas, The POW/MIA flag has flown over the White
House on National POW/MIA Recognition Day since 1982,
and, with the exception of the American flag, the POW/MIA
flag is the only flag to fly over the White House and
continually over the Capitol rotunda; and
Whereas, The message of the POW/MIA flag is spread only
when the flag is visible: Therefore,
SECTION 1. That the Indiana General Assembly is urged to fly the
POW/MIA flag in the House and Senate Chambers in accordance with
federal regulations in recognition of those still missing as a result of
armed conflicts around the world. The people of the state of Indiana
recognize the great sacrifice these brave men and women made for
their country and the sacrifices their families continue to make.