I 
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. 
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. WIL-
LIAMS 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 Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction 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. 
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 ‘‘Make American Flags 
in America Act of 2023’’. 
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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: 
‘‘§ 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 Fed-
eral 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 obliga-
tions of the United States under international agreements. 
‘‘(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion may be construed to apply to the display or procure-
ment of a flag of the United States by a private actor. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) FEDERAL
AGENCY.—The term ‘Federal 
agency’ means— 
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‘‘(A) an Executive agency; 
‘‘(B) a military department; 
‘‘(C) an office, agency, or other establish-
ment in the legislative branch; 
‘‘(D) an office, agency, or other establish-
ment in the judicial branch; 
‘‘(E) the Government of the District of Co-
lumbia; and 
‘‘(F) Government controlled corporations. 
‘‘(2) FEDERAL PROPERTY.—The term ‘Federal 
property’ means real property owned, leased, or oc-
cupied 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.’’. 
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(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 enact-
ment 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 Com-
mission 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 en-
forcement scheme; and 
(3) identifies the percentage of violations of 
such enforcement scheme that are subsequent viola-
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tions 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 En-
ergy 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. 
Æ 
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