[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3666 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3666

To amend title 4, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of State 
   to restrict the display of flags at diplomatic and consular posts.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 1, 2021

  Ms. Malliotakis (for herself, Mr. Buck, Mr. Issa, Mr. Sessions, Mr. 
Mast, Ms. Stefanik, and Mr. Guest) introduced the following bill; which 
             was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 4, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of State 
   to restrict the display of flags at diplomatic and consular posts.

    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 ``Stars and Stripes Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. DISPLAY OF FLAGS AT DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR POSTS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 1 of title 4, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 11. Display of flags at diplomatic and consular posts
    ``The Secretary of State shall prohibit the display of any flag or 
banner at any diplomatic or consular post, with the exception of the 
following flags:
            ``(1) The flag of the United States.
            ``(2) The flag of the country where the diplomatic or 
        consular post is located.
            ``(3) The flag of a State, territory, or possession of the 
        United States.
            ``(4) A departmental or secretarial flag.
            ``(5) The flag of an Armed Force.
            ``(6) A flag designed to honor persons who are classified 
        as prisoners of war or missing-in-action.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
10 the following new item:

``11. Display of flags at diplomatic and consular posts.''.
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