Bill > HR4013

This bill proposes a small but meaningful amendment to federal flag protocol by modifying title 4 of the United States Code to allow the United States flag to be flown at half-staff upon the death of the Mayor of the District of Columbia. Currently, the law permits half-staffing of flags for deaths of prominent national and state government officials, and this bill would add the District of Columbia's mayor to that list. By making this change, the legislation recognizes the significance of the mayor's role in governing the nation's capital city, which is a unique municipal jurisdiction that is not part of any state but has a special status in the federal system. The amendment specifically updates two sentences in an existing section of law to include the DC mayor alongside other high-ranking government officials who are honored with this flag-lowering tribute when they pass away, thereby extending a gesture of national mourning and respect to the city's top elected leader.

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