[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4623 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4623

 To clarify rules regarding the display of the United States flag for 
 patriotic and military observances for purposes of promoting military 
                              recruitment.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 20, 2024

   Mr. Cruz introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To clarify rules regarding the display of the United States flag for 
 patriotic and military observances for purposes of promoting military 
                              recruitment.

    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 ``Updating National Flag Use to 
Reaffirm Liberty Act of 2024'' or the ``UNFURL Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. DISPLAY OF UNITED STATES FLAG FOR PATRIOTIC AND MILITARY 
              OBSERVANCES.

    (a) Amendment to Flag Code.--Section 8(c) of title 4, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting ``, except as may be necessary in limited 
circumstances and done in a respectful manner as part of a military or 
patriotic observance involving members of the Armed Forces'' after 
``aloft and free''.
    (b) Modification of Department of Defense Policy.--The Secretary of 
Defense shall--
            (1) rescind the February 10, 2023, Department of Defense 
        memorandum entitled, ``Clarification of Department of Defense 
        Community Engagement Policy on Showing Proper Respect to the 
        United States Flag''; and
            (2) support military recruitment through public outreach 
        events during patriotic and military observances, including the 
        display of the United States flag regardless of size and 
        position, including horizontally, provided that, in accordance 
        with section 8(b) of title 4, United States Code, the flag 
        never touch anything beneath it, such as the ground, the floor, 
        water, or merchandise.
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