[GreenKeys] US FLAG CODE AMENDED

[Don Robert House]

Inform your fellow Veterans....

Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 20:35:01 -0400

The president signed the Amendment to Section 9 of Title 4 of the U.S.
Code which was attached with the H.R. 4986 Bill under the National
Defense Authorization Act of 2008.

The amendment reads:

SEC. 594. CONDUCT BY MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND
VETERANS OUT OF UNIFORM DURING HOISTING, LOWERING, OR
PASSING OF UNITED STATES FLAG.

Section 9 of title 4, United States Code, is amended by striking `all
persons present' and all that follows through the end of the section
and inserting the following: `all persons present in uniform
should render the military salute. Members of the Armed Forces and
Veterans who are present but not in uniform may render the military
salute.  All other persons present should face the flag and stand at
attention with their right hand over the heart, or if applicable,
remove their headdress with their right hand and hold it at the left
shoulder, the hand being over the heart. Citizens of other countries
present should stand at attention. All such conduct toward the flag
in a moving column should be rendered at the moment the flag passes.'