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On the recordMarch 21, 2017
Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of the bill (S. 305) to amend title 4, United States Code, to encourage the display of the flag of the United States on National Vietnam War Veterans Day, and ask for its immediate consideration in the House. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Virginia? There was no objection. The text of the bill is as follows: S. 305 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Vietnam War Veterans Recognition Act of 2017''. SEC. 2. DISPLAY OF FLAG ON NATIONAL VIETNAM WAR VETERANS DAY. Section 6(d) of title 4, United States Code, is amended by inserting ``National Vietnam War Veterans Day, March 29;'' after ``third Monday in February;''. The bill was ordered to be read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the table. ____________________
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Bob Goodlatte
Republican · Virginia

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