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H.Con.Res. 117 (114th): Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the National Peace Officers Memorial Service and the National Honor Guard and Pipe Band Exhibition.


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The summary below was written by the Congressional Research Service, which is a nonpartisan division of the Library of Congress, and was published on Apr 13, 2016.


(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.)

Permits the Grand Lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police and its auxiliary to sponsor a free public event on the Capitol grounds, namely:

the National Honor Guard and Pipe Band Exhibition on May 14, 2016, to allow law enforcement representatives to exhibit their ability to demonstrate Honor Guard programs and provide for a bag pipe exhibition; and the 35th Annual National Peace Officers' Memorial Service, on May 15, 2016, to honor the law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty during 2015.