Iowa HF 902: A bill for an act concerning the display of the national league of families POW/MIA flag.

Bill Text

House
File
902
-
Introduced

HOUSE
FILE
902

BY
COMMITTEE
ON
VETERANS

AFFAIRS

(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
244)

A
BILL
FOR

An
Act
concerning
the
display
of
the
national
league
of
1

families
POW/MIA
flag.
2

BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3

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Section
1.
Section
1B.3,
Code
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
1

follows:
2

1B.3
Flags
on
public
buildings.
3

1.

It
shall
be
the
duty
of
any
A
board
of
public
officers
4

charged
with
providing
supplies
for
a
public
building
in
the
5

state
to
shall
provide
a
suitable
state
flag
,
and
it
shall
be
6

the
duty
of
the
custodian
of
that
public
building
to
shall
7

raise
the
flags
of
the
United
States
of
America
and
the
state
8

of
Iowa
,

upon
each
secular
day
when
weather
conditions
are
9

favorable.
10

2.

The
custodian
of
a
public
building
is
authorized
to
raise
11

the
national
league
of
families
POW/MIA
flag
upon
each
secular
12

day
when
weather
conditions
are
favorable.
If
a
custodian
of
a
13

public
building
raises
the
national
league
of
families
POW/MIA

14

flag,
the
flag
shall
be
flown
second
in
order
of
precedence
15

directly
underneath,
or
adjacent
to,
the
flag
of
the
United
16

States
of
America.
17

3.

To
honor
Iowa
veterans
who
are
missing
in
action
or
18

prisoners
of
war,
the
national
league
of
families
POW/MIA
flag

19

shall
be
flown
at
all
state-owned
buildings
in
accordance
with
20

federal
rules.

21

EXPLANATION
22

The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
23

the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
24

This
bill
provides
that
a
custodian
of
a
public
building
25

may
raise
the
national
league
of
families
POW/MIA
flag
upon
26

each
secular
day
when
weather
conditions
are
favorable.
If
the
27

national
league
of
families
POW/MIA
flag
is
flown
by
a
public
28

building,
it
must
be
flown
second
in
order
of
precedence,
29

directly
underneath,
or
adjacent
to,
the
flag
of
the
United
30

States
of
America.
The
bill
requires
all
state-owned
buildings
31

to
display
the
national
league
of
families
POW/MIA
flag
in
32

accordance
with
federal
rules.
33

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