Protect the Flag Act

Bill: 114-hr-6433
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-10]
Introduced: 2016-12-02
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding

Higher education

National symbols

School administration
Latest action: action_date: 2016-12-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-12-02
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p> <b>Protect the Flag Act</b></p> <p>This bill makes an institution of higher education ineligible for federal funds if it has an official policy that prohibits or limits the display of the U.S. flag.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6433 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 2, 2016 Mr. Turner (for himself, Mr. Zinke , Mr. Miller of Florida , Mr. Luetkemeyer , 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 Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect the Flag Act . 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 prohibition 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 the display of the flag of the United States by the institution.