118 HR 4137 IH: Make American Flags in America Act of 2023
U.S. House of Representatives
2023-06-14
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4137
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 14, 2023
Ms. Stefanik (for herself, Mr. Landsman, Mr. Johnson of Louisiana, Mr. Balderson, Mr. Nehls, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. D'Esposito, Mr. Cloud, Ms. Letlow, Mr. Langworthy, Mrs. Luna, Mr. Steube, Mr. Wittman, Mr. Turner, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Waltz, Mr. Timmons, Mr. Fry, Mrs. Miller of West Virginia, Mr. Santos, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Williams of Texas, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Amodei, Mr. Tonko, and Mr. Weber of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To require certain flags of the United States to be made in the United States, and for other purposes.
1.

Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Make American Flags in America Act of 2023”.
2.

Requirement for certain flags of United States to be made in United States
(a)

Requirement for certain flags of United States To be made in United States
Chapter 1 of title 4, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
“11.

Display on Federal property; procurement by Federal agencies
(a)

Display on Federal property
A Federal agency may not display a flag of the United States on Federal property unless such flag has been made in the United States.
(b)

Procurement by Federal agencies
Funds appropriated or otherwise made available to a Federal agency may not be used for the procurement of a flag of the United States unless such flag has been made in the United States.
(c)

International agreements
This section shall be applied in a manner consistent with the obligations of the United States under international agreements.
(d)

Rule of construction
Nothing in this section may be construed to apply to the display or procurement of a flag of the United States by a private actor.
(e)

Definitions
In this section:
(1)

Federal agency
The term “Federal agency” means—
(A)
an Executive agency;
(B)
a military department;
(C)
an office, agency, or other establishment in the legislative branch;
(D)
an office, agency, or other establishment in the judicial branch;
(E)
the Government of the District of Columbia; and
(F)
Government controlled corporations.
(2)

Federal property
The term “Federal property” means real property owned, leased, or occupied by a Federal agency or an instrumentality wholly owned by the United States.
(3)

Made in the United States
The term “made in the United States” means 100 percent manufactured in the United States from articles, materials, or supplies that have been 100 percent produced or manufactured in the United States.
(4)

United States
The term “United States”, when used in a geographic sense, includes each of the several States, the District of Columbia, Tribal lands, and the territories or possessions of the United States.”.
(b)

Clerical amendment
The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following:
“11. Display on Federal property; procurement by Federal agencies.”.
(c)

Applicability
Section 11 of title 4, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply—
(1)
with respect to the display of a flag of the United States by a Federal agency, on and after the date that is 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act; and
(2)
with respect to the procurement of a flag of the United States by a Federal agency, on and after the date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
3.

Study on country-of-origin labeling for flags of the United States
(a)

Study
The Chair of the Federal Trade Commission shall conduct a study that—
(1)
assesses and describes the enforcement scheme for country-of-origin labeling for flags of the United States;
(2)
determines how many fines or penalties, if any, have been imposed for violations of such enforcement scheme; and
(3)
identifies the percentage of violations of such enforcement scheme that are subsequent violations committed by an entity that has previously been found to have violated such scheme.
(b)

Report
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chair of the Federal Trade Commission shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report containing—
(1)
the results of the study conducted under subsection (a); and
(2)
any recommendations to improve—
(A)
the enforcement scheme for country-of-origin labeling for flags of the United States; and
(B)
the deterrent effect of such scheme.