Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
All-American Flag Act (Sec. 2) This bill prohibits agencies from using funds to procure a U.S. flag unless such flag has been 100% manufactured in the United States from materials that have been grown or 100% U.S. produced or manufactured. This prohibition does not apply if an agency determines that satisfactory quality and sufficient quantity of U.S. flags cannot be procured as needed at U.S. market prices. Nor shall such prohibition apply to procurements: by vessels in foreign waters; for resale purposes in any military commissary, military exchange, or non-appropriated fund instrumentality operated by an agency; or for amounts less than the simplified acquisition threshold. The President: (1) may waive the prohibition upon determining that a waiver is necessary to comply with a trade agreement, and (2) shall publish a notice in the Federal Register within 30 days of granting a waiver.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 811.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 115-1044.
Mr. Comer moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9716-9717)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3121.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H9716-9717)
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H9716-9717)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 811.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 115-1044.
Mr. Comer moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9716-9717)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3121.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H9716-9717)
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H9716-9717)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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All-American Flag Act
USA115th CongressHR-3121| House
| Updated: 12/3/2018
All-American Flag Act (Sec. 2) This bill prohibits agencies from using funds to procure a U.S. flag unless such flag has been 100% manufactured in the United States from materials that have been grown or 100% U.S. produced or manufactured. This prohibition does not apply if an agency determines that satisfactory quality and sufficient quantity of U.S. flags cannot be procured as needed at U.S. market prices. Nor shall such prohibition apply to procurements: by vessels in foreign waters; for resale purposes in any military commissary, military exchange, or non-appropriated fund instrumentality operated by an agency; or for amounts less than the simplified acquisition threshold. The President: (1) may waive the prohibition upon determining that a waiver is necessary to comply with a trade agreement, and (2) shall publish a notice in the Federal Register within 30 days of granting a waiver.