H.R. 3121: All-American Flag Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-06-29 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-06-29 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

All-American Flag Act

Plain summary

All-American Flag Act (Sec. 2) This bill prohibits agencies from using funds to procure a U.S. flag unless such flag has been 100% manufactured in the United States from materials that have been grown or 100% U.S. produced or manufactured. This prohibition does not apply if an agency determines that satisfactory quality and sufficient quantity of U.S. flags cannot be procured as needed at U.S. market prices. Nor shall such prohibition apply to procurements: by vessels in foreign waters; for resale purposes in any military commissary, military exchange, or non-appropriated fund instrumentality operated by an agency; or for amounts less than the simplified acquisition threshold. The President: (1) may waive the prohibition upon determining that a waiver is necessary to comply with a trade agreement, and (2) shall publish a notice in the Federal Register within 30 days of granting a waiver.

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Official text

All-American Flag Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17] · 36 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3121, All-American Flag Act (2017-12-07)

Cosponsors on this site

James P. McGovern (D-MA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Ami Bera (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Darren Soto (D-FL), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Bill Foster (D-IL), André Carson (D-IN), Seth Moulton (D-MA)

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Bill: A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Federal Register: The official daily publication of the U.S. government for agency rules, proposed rules, public notices and presidential documents.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr3121.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr3121 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115