Make American Flags in America Act of 2023

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4137 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4137

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

                             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

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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 2023''.

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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