[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1421 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1421
To require certain flags of the United States to be made in the United
States, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 18, 2025
Mr. Langworthy (for himself, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Tonko,
Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. Finstad, Ms. Letlow, Mr. Landsman, Mrs.
Luna, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, Mr. Higgins of
Louisiana, Ms. Hageman, Mr. Barrett, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Garbarino, Mr.
Moore of North Carolina, Mr. Biggs of Arizona, Mr. Burlison, Mr.
Thanedar, and Mr. Rulli) 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
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A BILL
To require certain flags of the United States to be made in the United
States, 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. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Make American Flags in America Act
of 2025''.
SEC. 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:
``Sec. 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.
SEC. 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.
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