[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6433 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6433

   To render ineligible for Federal funds any institution of higher 
 education that removes, censors, takes down, prohibits, or otherwise 
             halts display of a flag of the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 2, 2016

    Mr. Turner (for himself, Mr. Zinke, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. 
Luetkemeyer, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. Collins of Georgia, Mr. Wittman, Mr. 
Brooks of Alabama, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Allen, Mr. Kelly of 
 Mississippi, Mr. Brat, Mr. Yoho, Mr. Ribble, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. Rice 
   of South Carolina, Mr. Boustany, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Schweikert, Mr. 
Lamborn, Mr. Smith of Missouri, Mrs. Wagner, Mr. Chabot, Mrs. Hartzler, 
  Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Wenstrup, Mr. Meadows, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. 
  McKinley, Mr. Tipton, Mr. Jenkins of West Virginia, Mr. Lance, Mr. 
    Davidson, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. Abraham, Mrs. Walorski, Ms. 
Granger, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Carter of 
 Texas, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Culberson, Mr. Olson, 
Mr. Farenthold, Mr. Reed, Mr. Guinta, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr. Chaffetz, 
  Mr. Stewart, Mrs. Love, Mr. Walker, and Mr. Stivers) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
                             the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To render ineligible for Federal funds any institution of higher 
 education that removes, censors, takes down, prohibits, or otherwise 
             halts display of a 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 ``Protect the Flag Act''.

SEC. 2. INELIGIBILITY FOR FEDERAL FUNDS.

    (a) In General.--Federal funds may not be made available to an 
institution of higher education (as defined in section 102(a) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002(a))) that, pursuant to an 
official policy of the institution to prohibit the display of the flag 
of the United States by the institution, removes, censors, takes down, 
prohibits, or otherwise halts display of a flag of the United States.
    (b) Reinstatement of Eligibility.--The prohibition described in 
subsection (a) shall cease to apply with respect to an institution 
described in such subsection upon complete and proper reinstatement, by 
the institution in its official capacity, of the flag of the United 
States at any and all locations on campus property (including across 
multiple campuses, if applicable) from which a previously displayed 
flag of the United States was removed, censored, taken down, 
prohibited, or otherwise halted from display pursuant to an official 
policy of the institution to prohibit the display of the flag of the 
United States by the institution.
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