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[CITE: 36USC136]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
      Subtitle I--Patriotic and National Observances and Ceremonies
 
                   Part A--Observances and Ceremonies
 
              CHAPTER 1--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES
 
Sec. 136. Peace Officers Memorial Day

    The President is requested to issue each year a proclamation--
        (1) designating May 15 as Peace Officers Memorial Day in honor 
    of Federal, State, and local officers killed or disabled in the line 
    of duty;
        (2) directing United States Government officials to display the 
    flag of the United States at halfstaff on all Government buildings 
    on Peace Officers Memorial Day, as provided by section 7(m) of title 
    4, United States Code; and
        (3) inviting State and local governments and the people of the 
    United States to observe Peace Officers Memorial Day with 
    appropriate ceremonies and activities, including the display of the 
    flag at halfstaff.
(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1261.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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136...................................  36:167(1), (2), (4) (related to  Oct. 1
, 1962, Pub. L. 87-726, cls. (1),
                                         Peace Officers Memorial Day).    (2), 
(4) (related to Peace Officers
                                                                          Memor
ial Day), 76 Stat. 676; Sept. 13,
                                                                          1994,
 Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXII,
                                                                          Sec. 
 320922(a)(2)-(4), 108 Stat.
                                                                          2131.
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    In clause (2), the reference to section 7(m) of title 4 is 
substituted for the reference to section 175(m) of title 36 because the 
latter provision is being restated in title 4. See section 2 of the 
bill.
