,i  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fdcc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #b1        
#bjaf,mr4 ,turner 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,zinke1 ,mr4 ,miller of ,florida1 ,mr4  
,luetkemeyer1 ,mr4 ,diaz-,balart1 ,mr4  
,collins of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,wittman1    
,mr4 ,brooks of ,alabama1 ,mr4 ,austin  
,scott of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,allen1 ,mr4   
,kelly of ,mississippi1 ,mr4 ,brat1 ,mr4
 ,yoho1 ,mr4 ,ribble1 ,mr4 ,des,jarlais1
 ,mr4 ,rice of ,south ,carolina1 ,mr4   
,boustany1 ,mr4 ,walberg1 ,mr4          
,schweikert1 ,mr4 ,lamborn1 ,mr4 ,smith 
of ,missouri1 ,mrs4 ,wagner1 ,mr4       
,chabot1 ,mrs4 ,hartzler1 ,mrs4         
,blackburn1 ,mr4 ,wenstrup1 ,mr4        
,meadows1 ,mr4 ,johnson of ,ohio1 ,mr4  
,mc,kinley1 ,mr4 ,tipton1 ,mr4 ,jenkins 
of ,west ,virginia1 ,mr4 ,lance1 ,mr4   
,davidson1 ,mr4 ,roe of ,tennessee1 ,mr4
 ,abraham1 ,mrs4 ,walorski1 ,ms4        
,granger1 ,mr4 ,neugebauer1 ,mr4        
,pearce1 ,mr4 ,weber of ,texas1 ,mr4    
,carter of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,rogers of      

,alabama1 ,mr4 ,conaway1 ,mr4           
,culberson1 ,mr4 ,olson1 ,mr4           
,farenthold1 ,mr4 ,reed1 ,mr4 ,guinta1  
,mr4 ,bishop of ,utah1 ,mr4 ,chaffetz1  
,mr4 ,stewart1 ,mrs4 ,love1 ,mr4        
,walker1 and ,mr4 ,stivers7 introduced  
the following bill2 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    
removes1 censors1 takes down1 prohibits1
 or otherwise halts display of a flag of
 the ,united ,states4  #a4 ,short title 
,this ,act may be cited as the ,protect 
the ,flag ,act4  #b4 ,ineligibility for 
,federal funds  7a7 ,in general ,federal
 funds may not be made available to an  
institution of higher education 7as     
defined in section #ajb7;a7 of the      
,higher ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj   
,u4,s4,c4 #ajjb7;a777 that1 pursuant to 
an official policy of the institution to
 prohibit the display of the flag of the
 ,united ,states by the institution1    

removes1 censors1 takes down1 prohibits1
 or otherwise halts display of a flag of
 the ,united ,states4  7b7              
,reinstatement of eligibility ,the      
prohibition described in subsection 7a7 
shall cease to apply with respect to an 
institution described in such subsection
 upon complete and proper reinstatement1
 by the institution in its official     
capacity1 of the flag of the ,united    
,states at any and all locations on     
campus property 7including across       
multiple campuses1 if applicable7 from  
which a previously displayed flag of the
 ,united ,states was removed1 censored1 
taken down1 prohibited1 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 institution4