I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6433 
To render ineligible for Federal funds any institution of higher education 
that removes, censors, takes down, prohibits, or otherwise halts display 
of a flag of the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 2, 2016 
Mr. TURNER (for himself, Mr. ZINKE, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. LUETKE-
MEYER, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. 
BROOKS of Alabama, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. 
KELLY
of Mississippi, Mr. BRAT, Mr. YOHO, Mr. RIBBLE, Mr. 
DESJARLAIS, Mr. RICE
of South Carolina, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. 
WALBERG, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. SMITH of Missouri, 
Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. CHABOT, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. 
WENSTRUP, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. 
TIPTON, Mr. JENKINS of West Virginia, Mr. LANCE, Mr. DAVIDSON, Mr. 
ROE of Tennessee, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mrs. WALORSKI, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. 
NEUGEBAUER, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. CARTER of 
Texas, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. 
OLSON, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. REED, Mr. GUINTA, Mr. BISHOP of 
Utah, Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mr. STEWART, Mrs. LOVE, Mr. WALKER, and Mr. 
STIVERS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To render ineligible for Federal funds any institution of 
higher education that removes, censors, takes down, pro-
hibits, or otherwise halts display of a flag of the United 
States. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protect the Flag Act’’. 
SEC. 2. INELIGIBILITY FOR FEDERAL FUNDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Federal funds may not be made 
available to an institution of higher education (as defined 
in section 102(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1002(a))) that, pursuant to an official policy 
of the institution to prohibit the display of the flag of the 
United States by the institution, removes, censors, takes 
down, prohibits, or otherwise halts display of a flag of the 
United States. 
(b) REINSTATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY.—The prohibi-
tion described in subsection (a) shall cease to apply with 
respect to an institution described in such subsection upon 
complete and proper reinstatement, by the institution in 
its official capacity, of the flag of the United States at 
any and all locations on campus property (including across 
multiple campuses, if applicable) from which a previously 
displayed flag of the United States was removed, censored, 
taken down, prohibited, or otherwise halted from display 
pursuant to an official policy of the institution to prohibit 
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