House Simple Resolution 544
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require a reading of the names of members of the Armed Forces who died in the previous month as a result of combat.
Introduced
Introduced in House on Sep 28, 2017
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Simple Resolution
Simple Resolution
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Bill Number
544
Congress
115
Policy Area
Congress
Congress
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No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Amends Rule XIV (Order and Priority of Business) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to require (on the first legislative day of each month) a reading of the names of members of the Armed Forces who died in the previous month as a result of combat.
Prohibits the Speaker of the House from reading the name of any such member if any family member informs the Speaker that he or she does not wish to have the name of that individual read.
September 28, 2017
09/28/2017
Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
09/28/2017
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:38:36 PM