S.Amdt. 337

SA 337. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN FLAGS OF UNITED STATES TO
BE MADE IN UNITED STATES.

(a) Requirement for Certain Flags of United States To Be
Made in United States.--Chapter 1 of title 4, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

``Sec. 11. Display on Federal property; procurement by
Federal agencies

``(a) Display on Federal Property.--A Federal agency may
not display a flag of the United States on Federal property
unless such flag has been made in the United States.

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``(b) Procurement by Federal Agencies.--Funds appropriated
or otherwise made available to a Federal agency may not be
used for the procurement of a flag of the United States
unless such flag has been made in the United States.
``(c) International Agreements.--This section shall be
applied in a manner consistent with the obligations of the
United States under international agreements.
``(d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be
construed to apply to the display or procurement of a flag of
the United States by a private actor.
``(e) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Federal agency.--The term `Federal agency' means--
``(A) an Executive agency;
``(B) a military department;
``(C) an office, agency, or other establishment in the
legislative branch;
``(D) an office, agency, or other establishment in the
judicial branch;
``(E) the Government of the District of Columbia; and
``(F) Government controlled corporations.
``(2) Federal property.--The term `Federal property' means
real property owned, leased, or occupied by a Federal agency
or an instrumentality wholly owned by the United States.
``(3) Made in the united states.--The term `made in the
United States' means 100 percent manufactured in the United
States from articles, materials, or supplies that have been
100 percent produced or manufactured in the United States.
``(4) United states.--The term `United States', when used
in a geographic sense, includes each of the several States,
the District of Columbia, Tribal lands, and the territories
or possessions of the United States.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter
1 of title 4, United States Code, is amended by adding at the
end the following:

``11. Display on Federal property; procurement by Federal agencies.''.
(c) Applicability.--Section 11 of title 4, United States
Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply--
(1) with respect to the display of a flag of the United
States by a Federal agency, on and after the date that is 2
years after the date of the enactment of this Act; and
(2) with respect to the procurement of a flag of the United
States by a Federal agency, on and after the date that is 90
days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(d) Study on Country-of-origin Labeling for Flags of the
United States.--
(1) Study.--The Chair of the Federal Trade Commission shall
conduct a study that--
(A) assesses and describes the enforcement scheme for
country-of-origin labeling for flags of the United States;
(B) determines how many fines or penalties, if any, have
been imposed for violations of such enforcement scheme; and
(C) identifies the percentage of violations of such
enforcement scheme that are subsequent violations committed
by an entity that has previously been found to have violated
such scheme.
(2) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Chair of the Federal Trade
Commission shall submit to the Committee on Energy and
Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report
containing--
(A) the results of the study conducted under paragraph (1);
and
(B) any recommendations to improve--
(i) the enforcement scheme for country-of-origin labeling
for flags of the United States; and
(i) the deterrent effect of such scheme.
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