To amend title 4, United States Code, to ensure that a funeral honors detail recites the 13 Folds of Honor when presenting a flag of the United States in connection with the death of a member of the Armed Forces or veteran.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3583 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3583 To amend title 4, United States Code, to ensure that a funeral honors detail recites the 13 Folds of Honor when presenting a flag of the United States in connection with the death of a member of the Armed Forces or veteran. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 23, 2025 Mr. Diaz-Balart (for himself, Mr. Rutherford, and Mr. Panetta) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 4, United States Code, to ensure that a funeral honors detail recites the 13 Folds of Honor when presenting a flag of the United States in connection with the death of a member of the Armed Forces or veteran. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. RECITATION OF 13 FOLDS OF HONOR. (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that this Act be dedicated to the 13 members of the Armed Forces who were killed at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, in August 2021. (b) Requirement.--Chapter 1 of title 4, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section (and conforming the table of sections for such chapter accordingly): ``Sec. 11. Recitation of 13 Folds of Honor ``(a) Requirement.--Except as provided by subsection (b), a funeral honors detail that presents a folded flag of the United States in connection with the death of a member of the Armed Forces or veteran under section 1491 of title 10, section 2301 of title 38, or other applicable provision of law, shall recite the following (to be known as the `13 Folds of Honor') as part of such presentment: ``The 1st fold of the flag is a symbol of life. ``The