To amend title 4, United States Code, to permit the flag of the United States to be flown at half-staff in the event of the death of the Mayor of the District of Columbia.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8694.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. NORTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 98, June 11, 2024, Page H3726):
  clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: This bill would permit the flag of the United States to be flown at half-staff in the event of the death of the Mayor of the District of Columbia.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 11, 2024 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8694, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8694

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 20, 2024

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  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3466caeb0ada28e7bb48f79ca43892b6eee6a0d15dd138ab1744eef4d56b56e9

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 20, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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