To amend the Act commonly called the "Flag Code" to add the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday to the list of days on which the flag should especially be displayed.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

37 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 32 Democrats

5 of 37 cosponsors (14%) are from the other party.

Thomas Barrett (D-WI), George Brown (D-CA), Julia Carson (D-IN), James Clyburn (D-SC), John Conyers (D-MI), Chet Edwards (D-TX), Robert Ehrlich (R-MD), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Phil English (R-PA), Lane Evans (D-IL), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Bob Filner (D-CA), Harold Ford (D-TN), Barney Frank (D-MA), Martin Frost (D-TX), Elizabeth Furse (D-OR), Gene Green (D-TX), Tony Hall (D-OH), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI), Nick Lampson (D-TX), Tom Lantos (D-CA), Jerry Lewis (R-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Carrie Meek (D-FL), Ralph Regula (R-OH), Lynn Rivers (D-MI), Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX) and 7 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ken Bentsen.

• H.R. 566 (105th) Medigap Protection Act of 1997
• H.R. 3283 (105th) Medicare Clinical Trial Coverage Act of 1998
• H.R. 587 (105th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate tax subsidies for ethanol fuel.
• H.R. 4736 (105th) Medicare Nursing and Paramedical Education Act of 1998
• H.R. 3640 (105th) Medicaid Child Eligibility Improvement Act of 1998
• H.R. 862 (105th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a decrease in the maximum rate of tax on capital gains which is based on the length…

Sponsor’s state and district

Texas in Congress · TX-25 district