American Flag Display Protection Act - Prohibits an elementary school, secondary school, or institution of higher education from receiving federal funds by grant or contract if the school has a policy or practice preventing students from respectfully displaying or wearing a representation of the U.S. flag in a manner at least equal in quality and scope to their right to respectfully display or wear any other representation.
[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5255 Introduced in House (IH)]
109th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5255
To prohibit a school from receiving Federal funds if the school
prevents a student from displaying or wearing in a respectful manner a
representation of the flag of the United States.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 2, 2006
Mr. Jones of North Carolina introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce
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A BILL
To prohibit a school from receiving Federal funds if the school
prevents a student from displaying or wearing in a respectful manner a
representation of the flag of the United States.
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 ``American Flag Display Protection
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The most important symbol of any Nation is the national
flag.
(2) Since ancient times, flags or banners have served to
identify and unify groups of people, especially in times of
war.
(3) On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress passed the
following resolution: ``Resolved, that the flag of the thirteen
United States be thirteen stripes alternate red and white; that
the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field,
representing a new constellation.''.
(4) Today, the American flag has 13 horizontal stripes, 7
red and 6 white. These stripes represent the 13 original
States. The flag still has its field of blue, which represents
the Union and today contains 50 stars, one for each State.
(5) The United Sates Code specifies a Pledge of Allegiance
to the Flag, and states that the flag should be displayed on
all days.
(6) President Theodore Roosevelt said, ``There can be no
divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American,
but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room
for but one flag, the American flag.''
(7) Certain public school officials have attempted to ban
students' display of the flag of the United States.
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON RECEIPT OF FEDERAL FUNDS.
No funds from any Federal source may be provided by contract or by
grant to an elementary school, secondary school, or institution of
higher education (including any subelement of such school or
institution) if the school or institution (or subelement) has a policy
or practice (regardless of when implemented) that either prohibits, or
in effect prevents, the right of a student to display or wear, in a
respectful manner, a representation of the flag of the United States in
a manner that is at least equal in quality and scope to the right of a
student to display or wear, in a respectful manner, any other
representation.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
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