All-American Flag Act

Bill: 113-hr-2355
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1]
Introduced: 2013-06-13
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Buy American requirements

National symbols

Public contracts and procurement
Latest action: action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-06-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p> All-American Flag Act - Requires any flags of the United States acquired for use by the federal government to be entirely manufactured in the United States from articles, materials, or supplies entirely grown, produced, or manufactured in the United States.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2355 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 13, 2013 Mr. Braley of Iowa (for himself, Mr. Thompson of California , Mr. King of New York , Mrs. Bustos , Mr. DeFazio , Ms. Edwards , Mr. Cicilline , Mr. Rahall , Mr. Lipinski , and Mr. LoBiondo ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform A BILL To require the purchase of domestically made flags of the United States of America for use by the Federal Government.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the All-American Flag Act . 2. Requirement for purchase of domestically made United States flags for use by Federal Government Only such flags of the United States of America, regardless of size, that are 100 percent manufactured in the United States, from articles, materials, or supplies 100 percent of which are grown, produced, or manufactured in the United States, may be acquired for use by the Federal Government. 3. Effective date Section 2 shall apply to purchases of flags made on or after 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.