Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require a reading of the names of members of the Armed Forces who died in the previous month as a result of combat.

IV 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. RES. 1065 Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require a reading of the names of members of the Armed Forces who died in the previous month as a result of combat. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JULY 24, 2020 Mr. CARTWRIGHT (for himself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mrs. WALORSKI, Ms. NOR- TON, Mr. PASCRELL, and Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules RESOLUTION Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require a reading of the names of members of the Armed Forces who died in the previous month as a result of combat. Resolved, That— 1 (a) Clause 1 of rule XIV of the Rules of the House 2 of Representatives is amended by adding after the third 3 item the following new item: 4 ‘‘Fourth. On the first legislative day of each 5 month, a reading of the names of members of the 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:38 Jul 24, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR1065.IH HR1065 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HRES 1065 IH Armed Forces who died in the previous month as a 1 result of combat.’’. 2 (b) Clause 1 of rule XIV is amended by redesignating 3 the fourth through the ninth items as the fifth through 4 the tenth items. 5 (c) Rule XIV of the Rules of the House of Represent- 6 atives is amended by adding at the end the following new 7 clause: 8 ‘‘7. The Speaker shall not read the name of any mem- 9 ber of the Armed Forces under clause 1 if any family 10 member informs the Speaker that the family member does 11 not wish to have the name of that individual read.’’. 12 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:38 Jul 24, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR1065.IH HR1065 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS