H.R. 7659

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7659 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7659 To designate the Pride flag as an authorized flag eligible for display at units of the National Park System, to express the sense of Congress that the Pride flag should be on display at the Stonewall National Monument in the State of New York, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 24, 2026 Mr. Goldman of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To designate the Pride flag as an authorized flag eligible for display at units of the National Park System, to express the sense of Congress that the Pride flag should be on display at the Stonewall National Monument in the State of New York, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF PRIDE FLAG FOR DISPLAY AT UNITS OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM; SENSE OF CONGRESS ON DISPLAY OF PRIDE FLAG AT STONEWALL NATIONAL MONUMENT. (a) Findings; Purposes.-- (1) Findings.--Congress finds that-- (A) the Stonewall National Monument in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City, New York, commemorates the June 1969 uprising that occurred at the Stonewall Inn in response to a targeted police attack and longstanding discrimination against the LGBTQ community; (B) the uprising described in subparagraph (A) was a critical moment in the modern fight for LGBTQ rights in the United States; (C) on June 24, 2016, the Stonewall National Monument was established as the first national monument in the National Park System to be dedicated to the protection of LGBTQ individuals and the ongoing fight for freedom in the United States; and (D) the Stonewall National Monument serves as a daily reminder not only to the LGBTQ community but to all residents and visitors of New York City of the Stonewall Inn uprising in June 1969. (2) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are-- (A) to designate the Pride flag as an authorized flag eligible for display at units of the National Park System; (B) to condemn the removal of the Pride flag at Stonewall National Monument; and (C) to express the sense of Congress that the Pride flag should be restored at Stonewall National Monument. (b) Designation.--The Pride flag is designated as an authorized flag eligible for display at units of the National Park System. (c) Sense of Congress on the Display of the Pride Flag at the Stonewall National Monument.--It is the sense of Congress that a Pride flag should be on display within the boundary of the Stonewall National Monument established in the State of New York by Presidential Proclamation 9465, as issued on June 24, 2016 (54 U.S.C. 320301 note). <all>