,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #adba  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #ah1       
#bjbe,mr4 ,langworthy 7for himself1 ,mr4
 ,aderholt1 ,mr4 ,moolenaar1 ,mr4       
,tonko1 ,mr4 ,webster of ,florida1 ,mr4 
,finstad1 ,ms4 ,letlow1 ,mr4 ,landsman1 
,mrs4 ,luna1 ,mr4 ,weber of ,texas1 ,mr4
 ,davis of ,north ,carolina1 ,mr4       
,higgins of ,louisiana1 ,ms4 ,hageman1  
,mr4 ,barrett1 ,ms4 ,tenney1 ,mr4       
,garbarino1 ,mr4 ,moore of ,north       
,carolina1 ,mr4 ,biggs of ,arizona1 ,mr4
 ,burlison1 ,mr4 ,thanedar1 and ,mr4    
,rulli7 introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
the ,judiciary1 and in addition to the  
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1 for
 a period to be subsequently determined 
by the ,speaker1 in each case for       
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
require certain flags of the ,united    
,states to be made in the ,united       

,states1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,make ,american ,flags in ,america  
,act of #bjbe4  #b4 ,requirement for    
certain flags of ,united ,states to be  
made in ,united ,states  7a7            
,requirement for certain flags of       
,united ,states ,to be made in ,united  
,states ,chapter #a of title #d1 ,united
 ,states ,code1 is amended by adding at 
the end the following3  #aa4 ,display on
 ,federal property2 procurement by      
,federal agencies  7a7 ,display on      
,federal property ,a ,federal agency may
 not display a flag of the ,united      
,states on ,federal property unless such
 flag has been made in the ,united      
,states4  7b7 ,procurement by ,federal  
agencies ,funds appropriated or         
otherwise made available to a ,federal  
agency may not be used for the          
procurement of a flag of the ,united    
,states unless such flag has been made  
in the ,united ,states4  7c7            
,international agreements ,this section 

shall be applied in a manner consistent 
with the obligations of the ,united     
,states under international agreements4 
7d7 ,rule of construction ,nothing in   
this section may be construed to apply  
to the display or procurement of a flag 
of the ,united ,states by a private     
actor4  7e7 ,definitions ,in this       
section3 7#a7 ,federal agency ,the term 
,federal agency means--  7,a7 an        
,executive agency2  7,b7 a military     
department2  7,c7 an office1 agency1 or 
other establishment in the legislative  
branch2  7,d7 an office1 agency1 or     
other establishment in the judicial     
branch2  7,e7 the ,government of the    
,district of ,columbia2 and  7,f7       
,government controlled corporations4    
7#b7 ,federal property ,the term        
,federal property means real property   
owned1 leased1 or occupied by a ,federal
 agency or an instrumentality wholly    
owned by the ,united ,states4  7#c7     
,made in the ,united ,states ,the term  
made in the ,united ,states means #ajj  

percent manufactured in the ,united     
,states from articles1 materials1 or    
supplies that have been #ajj percent    
produced or manufactured in the ,united 
,states4  7#d7 ,united ,states ,the term
 ,united ,states1 when used in a        
geographic sense1 includes each of the  
several ,states1 the ,district of       
,columbia1 ,tribal lands1 and the       
territories or possessions of the       
,united ,states4  4  7b7 ,clerical      
amendment ,the table of sections at the 
beginning of such chapter is amended by 
adding at the end the following3  #aa4  
,display on ,federal property2          
procurement by ,federal agencies4  4    
7c7 ,applicability ,section #aa of title
 #d1 ,united ,states ,code1 as added by 
subsection 7a71 shall apply-- 7#a7 with 
respect to the display of a flag of the 
,united ,states by a ,federal agency1 on
 and after the date that is #b years    
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act2 and  7#b7 with respect to the     
procurement of a flag of the ,united    

,states by a ,federal agency1 on and    
after the date that is #ij days after   
the date of the enactment of this ,act4 
#c4 ,study on country-of-origin labeling
 for flags of the ,united ,states  7a7  
,study ,the ,chair of the ,federal      
,trade ,commission shall conduct a study
 that--  7#a7 assesses and describes the
 enforcement scheme for                 
country-of-origin labeling for flags of 
the ,united ,states2  7#b7 determines   
how many fines or penalties1 if any1    
have been imposed for violations of such
 enforcement scheme2 and  7#c7          
identifies the percentage of violations 
of such enforcement scheme that are     
subsequent violations committed by an   
entity that has previously been found to
 have violated such scheme4  7b7 ,report
 ,not later than #a year after the date 
of the enactment of this ,act1 the      
,chair of the ,federal ,trade           
,commission shall submit to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce of  
the ,house of ,representatives and the  

,committee on ,commerce1 ,science1 and  
,transportation of the ,senate a report 
containing--  7#a7 the results of the   
study conducted under subsection 7a72   
and  7#b7 any recommendations to        
improve--  7,a7 the enforcement scheme  
for country-of-origin labeling for flags
 of the ,united ,states2 and  7,b7 the  
deterrent effect of such scheme4