All-American Flag Act

Bill: 114-hr-916
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2015-02-12
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Buy American requirements

National symbols

Public contracts and procurement
Latest action: action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-02-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>All-American Flag Act</strong> </p> <p>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 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 916 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 12, 2015 Mrs. Bustos (for herself, Mr. Thompson of California , Ms. Meng , Mr. King of New York , Mr. Jones , Mr. Lipinski , Mr. Pearce , Mr. Murphy of Florida , Ms. Edwards , Mrs. Watson Coleman , Mr. Cohen , Mr. Cartwright , Ms. Esty , Mrs. Kirkpatrick , Mr. Cicilline , Mr. Delaney , Mrs. Brooks of Indiana , Mr. Moulton , Mr. Peters , Mr. Bucshon , Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York , Mr. Carney , Mr. Valadao , Mr. Meehan , Mr. Amodei , Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania , Mr. Renacci , Mr. Webster of Florida , Mr. Joyce , Mr. Kilmer , Ms. Frankel of Florida , Mrs. Dingell , Mr. Gallego , Ms. Clark of Massachusetts , Ms. Sinema , Miss Rice of New York , Mr. Garamendi , Mr. Kildee , Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania , Ms. Castor of Florida , Ms. Hahn , Ms. Kuster , Ms. DelBene , Mr. Heck of Washington , Mrs. Walorski , Mr. Sires , Mrs. Lawrence , Mr. Clay , Mr. Bishop of Georgia , Mr. McNerney , Mr. Conyers , Mr. Rice of South Carolina , Mrs. Ellmers , Mr. Yoho , Mr. Payne , Mr. Meeks , Mrs. Beatty , Ms. Norton , Mr. DeFazio , Ms. Schakowsky , Mr. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico , Mr. Larsen of Washington , Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois , Mr. Rush , Mr. Butterfield , Ms. McCollum , Mr. Ruppersberger , Mr. Vela , Mr. Quigley , Mr. Higgins , Mr. Gutiérrez , Mr. Langevin , Ms. Brownley of California , Ms. Brown of Florida , Ms. DeGette , Mr. Larson of Connecticut , Ms. Speier , Mr. McGovern , Mr. Gibson , Mr. Katko , Mr. Guinta , Ms. Kaptur , Mr. Grayson , Mr. Bera , Mr. Lynch , Ms. Chu of California , Ms. Duckworth , Ms. Pingree , and Mr. Loebsack ) 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.