3.0.0 390 2023-01-11T13:20:26Z 2023-01-11T13:20:26Z Senate S S 2011-02-17 112 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-02-17T20:19:40Z 2011-02-17 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2011-02-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000803 Sen. Webb, Jim [D-VA] James Webb D VA H. "Jim" N M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2011-02-17 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2011-03-07 False N000180 Sen. Nelson, Ben [D-NE] E. Nelson D NE Benjamin 2011-05-09 False J000291 Sen. Johanns, Mike [R-NE] Mike Johanns R NE 2011-05-11 False B001268 Sen. Brown, Scott P. [R-MA] Scott Brown R MA P. 2011-10-18 False 2011-10-19 B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2011-10-19 False Housing and Community Development Cooperative and condominium housing Military personnel and dependents National symbols Real estate business Housing and Community Development 00 2011-02-17 Introduced in Senate 2011-02-23T17:02:01Z Blue Star/Gold Star Flag Act of 2011 - Prohibits a condominium association, cooperative association, or residential real estate management association from adopting or enforcing any policy, or entering into any agreement, that would restrict or prevent an association member from displaying a Service Flag on residential property within the association with respect to which such member has a separate ownership interest or a right to exclusive possession or use. (A Service Flag, also known as a "blue star banner," is an official banner authorized by the Department of Defense [DOD] for display by families who have members serving in the Armed Forces during any period of war or hostilities the United States may be engaged in for the duration of such hostilities.)

Prohibits anything in this Act from being considered to permit any display or use inconsistent with: (1) any DOD regulations regarding rules or customs pertaining to the proper display or use of the Service Flag; or (2) any reasonable restriction pertaining to the time, place, or manner of displaying the flag necessary to protect a substantial interest of the condominium, cooperative, or residential real estate management association.

]]> Blue Star/Gold Star Flag Act of 2011 Display Title Blue Star/Gold Star Flag Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced A bill to ensure that the right of an individual to display the Service Flag on residential property not be abridged. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Blue Star/Gold Star Flag Act of 2011 Introduced in Senate 2011-02-17T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s390is/xml/BILLS-112s390is.xml 2011-02-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.