[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1691 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1691

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit an institution of 
  higher education located in the United States from participating in 
     student assistance programs under title IV of such Act if the 
 institution bans the display of the flag of the United States on its 
                                campus.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 26, 2015

 Mr. Duffy (for himself, Mr. Fortenberry, and Mr. Newhouse) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education 
                           and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit an institution of 
  higher education located in the United States from participating in 
     student assistance programs under title IV of such Act if the 
 institution bans the display of the flag of the United States on its 
                                campus.

    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 ``No Federal Funds Without the 
American Flag Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING PARTICIPATION IN FEDERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS BY 
              INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION BANNING DISPLAY OF FLAG 
              OF UNITED STATES ON CAMPUS.

    Section 487(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1094(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(30) The institution will not ban the display of the flag 
        of the United States on its campus, except that this paragraph 
        does not apply to an institution described in section 
        102(a)(1)(C).''.
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