Congress has passed and sent to President Obama a bill allowing members of Congress to provide flags flown over the Capitol to survivors of firefighters, police officers or other public safety officers who died in the line of duty.
It was sponsored in the Senate by Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo. It passed the Senate in April and was approved by voice vote in the House on Tuesday. It will become law when signed by the president. Rep. Peter King,. R-N.Y., has worked for several years on its passage.
The legislation passed in a week in which people from around the country are in Washington for National Police Week and Peace Office Memorial Day on Sunday. Fallen law enforcement officers will be honored Friday night at the 28th annual candlelight vigil by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund on Friday.