[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1973 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
S.1973
One Hundred Eighteenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty four
An Act
To require the purchase of domestically made flags of the United States
of America for use by the Federal Government.
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 ``All-American Flag Act''.
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR AGENCIES TO BUY DOMESTICALLY MADE UNITED STATES
FLAGS.
(a) Requirement for Agencies To Buy Domestically Made United States
Flags.--
(1) In general.--Chapter 63 of title 41, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 6310. Requirement for agencies to buy domestically made United
States flags
``(a) Requirement.--Except as provided in subsections (b) through
(d), funds appropriated or otherwise available to an agency may not be
used for the procurement of any flag of the United States, unless such
flag has been 100 percent manufactured in the United States from
articles, materials, or supplies that have been grown or 100 percent
produced or manufactured in the United States.
``(b) Availability Exception.--Subsection (a) does not apply to the
extent that the head of the agency concerned determines that
satisfactory quality and sufficient quantity of a flag described in
such subsection cannot be procured as and when needed at United States
market prices.
``(c) Exception for Certain Procurements.--Subsection (a) does not
apply to the following:
``(1) Procurements by vessels in foreign waters.
``(2) Procurements for resale purposes in any military
commissary, military exchange, or nonappropriated fund
instrumentality operated by an agency.
``(3) Procurements for amounts less than the simplified
acquisition threshold.
``(d) Presidential Waiver.--
``(1) In general.--The President may waive the requirement in
subsection (a) if the President determines a waiver is necessary to
comply with any trade agreement to which the United States is a
party.
``(2) Notice of waiver.--Not later than 30 days after granting
a waiver under paragraph (1), the President shall publish a notice
of the waiver in the Federal Register.
``(e) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Agency.--The term `agency' has the meaning given the term
`executive agency' in section 102 of title 40.
``(2) Simplified acquisition threshold.--The term `simplified
acquisition threshold' has the meaning given that term in section
134.''.
(2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning
of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new
item:
``6310. Requirement for agencies to buy domestically made United States
flags.''.
(b) Applicability.--Section 6310 of title 41, United States Code,
as added by subsection (a)(1), shall apply with respect to any contract
entered into on or after the date that is 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.