Flag Standardization Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4124
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-IA-1]
Introduced: 2023-06-14
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Latest action: action_date: 2023-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4124 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 14, 2023 Mrs. Miller-Meeks introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 4, United States Code, to limit the flags that may be displayed on Federal buildings or grounds, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Flag Standardization Act of 2023 . 2. Flags displayed on Federal buildings or grounds (a) In general Chapter 1 of title 4, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 11. Flags displayed on Federal buildings or grounds. (a) In general Only specified flags may be displayed on Federal buildings or grounds. (b) Definitions In this section: (1) Specified flag The term specified flag means any of the following: (A) The flag of the United States. (B) The flag of a State. (C) The flag of an Indian Tribal government. (D) A flag of the Armed Forces of the United States. (E) The National League of Families POW/MIA flag. (2) State The term State means each State, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. (3) Indian Tribal government The term Indian Tribal government means the governing body of any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, or community that the Secretary of the Interior acknowledges to exist as an Indian tribe under the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 ( 25 U.S.C. 479a et seq. ). (c) Military housing Subsection (a) shall not apply to military housing. . (b) Clerical amendment The analysis for chapter 1 of title 4, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new item: 11. Flags displayed on Federal buildings or grounds. .