AN ACTION REQUEST FOR ALL TO DO NOW

Time to Follow up in Honor of Col Barefoot, MOH Recipient

ACTION TO HONOR OUR BRAVE VETERANS

 CALL DC OFFICES OF YOUR US REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS:  Ask your US Representatives to cosponsor these bills:  HR 2546, HR 952, HR 1082

Ask them for an amendment that Medal of Honor Recipients or Receipients of any Medal Recognized by congress for exemplary Bravery in Military Service ie Distinguished Cross, Silver Star, Bronze Star be provided funds to pay for a Flag Pole installation and supplies. 

THESE SAME CATEGORIES SHOULD BE ADDED IN TO THE HOUSE BILLS.

We also Need Senators to introduce Same Bills on Senate Side!

H.R.2546 : To ensure that the right of an individual to display the Service flag on residential property not be abridged.
Sponsor: Rep Boccieri, John A. [OH-16] (introduced 5/21/2009)      Cosponsors (30)
Committees: House Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 5/21/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

H.RES.952 : Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor should be permitted, at all times on the recipient’s property, to properly display the Flag of the United States of America.
Sponsor: Rep McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [CA-25] (introduced 12/8/2009)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 12/8/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R.1082
Title: To prohibit the importation for sale of foreign-made flags of the United States of America.
Sponsor: Rep Boren, Dan [OK-2] (introduced 2/13/2009)      Cosponsors (5)
Latest Major Action: 2/13/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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 COSPONSORS(5), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)
Rep Brady, Robert A. [PA-1] – 3/6/2009 Rep Jones, Walter B., Jr. [NC-3] – 2/13/2009
Rep Kaptur, Marcy [OH-9] – 3/6/2009 Rep McGovern, James P. [MA-3] – 6/9/2009
Rep Sherman, Brad [CA-27] – 3/6/2009

H.R.2546
Title: To ensure that the right of an individual to display the Service flag on residential property not be abridged.
Sponsor: Rep Boccieri, John A. [OH-16] (introduced 5/21/2009)      Cosponsors (30)
Latest Major Action: 5/21/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
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 COSPONSORS(30), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)
Rep Bilbray, Brian P. [CA-50] – 9/15/2009 Rep Blackburn, Marsha [TN-7] – 10/21/2009
Rep Brown, Henry E., Jr. [SC-1] – 10/21/2009 Rep Burton, Dan [IN-5] – 10/7/2009
Rep Calvert, Ken [CA-44] – 10/21/2009 Rep Carney, Christopher P. [PA-10] – 10/21/2009
Rep Costello, Jerry F. [IL-12] – 7/20/2009 Rep Davis, Geoff [KY-4] – 9/15/2009
Rep Emerson, Jo Ann [MO-8] – 10/21/2009 Rep Gordon, Bart [TN-6] – 10/28/2009
Rep Harman, Jane [CA-36] – 9/15/2009 Rep Jenkins, Lynn [KS-2] – 10/21/2009
Rep Jones, Walter B., Jr. [NC-3] – 10/21/2009 Rep Kirkpatrick, Ann [AZ-1] – 10/28/2009
Rep Lance, Leonard [NJ-7] – 10/21/2009 Rep Lipinski, Daniel [IL-3] – 11/4/2009
Rep Massa, Eric J. J. [NY-29] – 10/7/2009 Rep McClintock, Tom [CA-4] – 10/21/2009
Rep McCotter, Thaddeus G. [MI-11] – 10/28/2009 Rep Miller, Gary G. [CA-42] – 10/28/2009
Rep Minnick, Walter [ID-1] – 10/21/2009 Rep Moore, Dennis [KS-3] – 10/21/2009
Rep Murphy, Christopher S. [CT-5] – 11/4/2009 Rep Paulsen, Erik [MN-3] – 7/13/2009
Rep Peters, Gary C. [MI-9] – 10/28/2009 Rep Rooney, Thomas J. [FL-16] – 7/24/2009
Rep Stupak, Bart [MI-1] – 9/15/2009 Rep Teague, Harry [NM-2] – 10/21/2009
Rep Titus, Dina [NV-3] – 9/15/2009 Rep Tonko, Paul D. [NY-21] – 10/7/2009