[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3201 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3201

    To prohibit any department or agency of the United States from 
   transferring funds to any individual or entity that prohibits the 
               display of the flag of the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 31, 2001

 Mr. Tancredo introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To prohibit any department or agency of the United States from 
   transferring funds to any individual or entity that prohibits the 
               display of the flag of the United States.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Freedom to be a Patriot Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON TRANSFER OF FUNDS.

    (a) In General.--No department or agency of the United States may--
            (1) transfer any Federal funds to an individual or entity 
        that prohibits the patriotic display of the flag of the United 
        States; or
            (2) transfer any Federal funds that the head of such 
        department or agency determines are likely to be subsequently 
        transferred to an individual or entity described in paragraph 
        (1).
    (b) Patriotic Display.--For the purposes of this section, the term 
``patriotic display'' means a display intended to express positive 
feelings about the United States and includes any display of the flag 
of the United States that conforms to the rules and customs described 
in section 6 of title 4, United States Code.
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