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Union Calendar No. 811 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3121 
[Report No. 115–1044] 
To require the purchase of domestically made flags of the United States 
of America for use by the Federal Government. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 29, 2017 
Mrs. BUSTOS (for herself, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. 
MESSER, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Ms. ROSEN, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. PA-
NETTA, Mr. PETERS, Mr. EVANS, Ms. MENG, Mr. COHEN, Ms. 
BROWNLEY of California, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, Mrs. WATSON COLE-
MAN, Mr. BERA, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. CLARK of Massachu-
setts, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Ms. NORTON, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. KUSTER 
of New Hampshire, Mr. SOTO, Mr. CRIST, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Ms. 
HANABUSA, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. WALZ, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. 
SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. 
MOULTON, and Mr. KILMER) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
NOVEMBER 27, 2018 
Additional sponsors: Mr. RUSSELL and Mr. ROKITA 
NOVEMBER 27, 2018 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 29, 2017] 
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A BILL 
To require the purchase of domestically made flags of the 
United States of America for use by the Federal Government. 
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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 ‘‘All-American Flag Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR AGENCIES TO BUY DOMESTI-
CALLY MADE UNITED STATES FLAGS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR AGENCIES TO BUY DOMESTI-
CALLY MADE UNITED STATES FLAGS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 63 of title 41, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 6310. Requirement for agencies to buy domestically 
made United States flags 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.—Except as provided in sub-
sections (b) through (d), funds appropriated or otherwise 
available to an agency may not be used for the procurement 
of any flag of the United States, unless such flag has been 
100 percent manufactured in the United States from arti-
cles, materials, or supplies that have been grown or 100 per-
cent produced or manufactured in the United States. 
‘‘(b) AVAILABILITY EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) does 
not apply to the extent that the head of the agency concerned 
determines that satisfactory quality and sufficient quantity 
of a flag described in such subsection cannot be procured 
as and when needed at United States market prices. 
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‘‘(c) EXCEPTION
FOR CERTAIN PROCUREMENTS.— 
Subsection (a) does not apply to the following: 
‘‘(1) Procurements by vessels in foreign waters. 
‘‘(2) Procurements for resale purposes in any 
military commissary, military exchange, gift shop, or 
nonappropriated fund instrumentality operated by an 
agency. 
‘‘(3) Procurements for amounts less than the 
simplified acquisition threshold. 
‘‘(d) PRESIDENTIAL WAIVER.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may waive the 
requirement in subsection (a) if the President deter-
mines a waiver is necessary to comply with any trade 
agreement to which the United States is a party. 
‘‘(2) NOTICE
OF
WAIVER.—Not later than 30 
days after granting a waiver under paragraph (1), 
the President shall publish a notice of the waiver in 
the Federal Register. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) AGENCY.—The term ‘agency’ has the mean-
ing given the term ‘executive agency’ in section 102 
of title 40. 
‘‘(2) SIMPLIFIED
ACQUISITION
THRESHOLD.— 
The term ‘simplified acquisition threshold’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 134.’’. 
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(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended by 
adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘6310. Requirement for agencies to buy domestically made United States flags.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—Section 6310 of title 41, United 
States Code, as added by subsection (a)(1), shall apply with 
respect to any contract entered into on or after the date 
that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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