[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8233 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8233

 To amend the USAID Branding Modernization Act to require the sole use 
 of United States flags and logos on articles of United States foreign 
                  assistance, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 2, 2024

    Mr. Mast (for himself, Ms. Salazar, Mr. Baird, and Mr. Lawler) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                            Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the USAID Branding Modernization Act to require the sole use 
 of United States flags and logos on articles of United States foreign 
                  assistance, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. MODIFICATION TO BRANDING REQUIREMENT.

    Section 2 of the USAID Branding Modernization Act (22 U.S.C. 2401 
note) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``is authorized to 
        prescribe'' and all that follows through ``to appropriately 
        identify'' and inserting ``shall require the use of the United 
        States flag to appropriately identify''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Limitation on Branding.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), no 
program identified through the use of the United States flag may bear 
the logo, insignia, or flag of any other country or any agency or 
instrumentality of any other country unless the President--
            ``(1) determines that such recognition of the other country 
        is in the national security interest of the United States; and
            ``(2) submits to Congress a written justification for such 
        determination not later than 30 days after the date on which 
        such determination takes effect.''.
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