HR 113 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

All-American Flag Act

Introduced Jan 3, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Cheri Bustos D-IL

Latest action · Jan 16, 2019 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJan 3, 2019
Passed HouseJan 15, 2019
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

All-American Flag Act

This bill prohibits agencies from using funds to procure a U.S. flag unless such flag has been manufactured in the United States from materials that have been U.S. grown, produced, or manufactured. The bill specifies exceptions to this prohibition, including an exception if flags of satisfactory quality and sufficient quantity cannot be procured as needed at market prices.

Cosponsors 21

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 3, 2019 to Jan 15, 2019; 18 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-IL	Adam Kinzinger	Original	Jan 3, 2019
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster	Original	Jan 3, 2019
D-IL	Bill Foster	Original	Jan 3, 2019
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney	Original	Jan 3, 2019
D-FL	Darren Soto	Original	Jan 3, 2019
D-WA	Derek Kilmer	Original	Jan 3, 2019
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Jan 3, 2019
D-NY	Grace Meng	Original	Jan 3, 2019
D-CA	Jimmy Panetta	Original	Jan 3, 2019
D-CT	Joe Courtney	Original	Jan 3, 2019
D-OH	Joyce Beatty	Original	Jan 3, 2019
D-CA	Julia Brownley	Original	Jan 3, 2019
D-FL	Lois Frankel	Original	Jan 3, 2019
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur	Original	Jan 3, 2019
D-CA	Mike Thompson	Original	Jan 3, 2019
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.	Original	Jan 3, 2019
D-CA	Scott H. Peters	Original	Jan 3, 2019
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	Jan 3, 2019
R-PA	Brian K. Fitzpatrick		Jan 8, 2019
R-GA	Jody B. Hice		Jan 9, 2019
D-NJ	Jefferson Van Drew		Jan 15, 2019

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Oversight and Government Reform Committee	Referred Jan 3, 2019
Senate	Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee	Referred Jan 16, 2019

Actions 8

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jan 16, 2019Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jan 15, 2019Mr. Cummings moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Jan 15, 2019Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H566-567)
Jan 15, 2019DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 113.
Jan 15, 2019Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H566)

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In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
House	Debate and remarks H566, H567Text printed H566	Elijah E. Cummings D-MD, Virginia Foxx R-NC	Jan 15, 2019

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 1, January 3, 2019, page H214.

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
R46449	Tallying Federal Funding for COVID-19: In Brief Archived	Report	Oct 15, 2021

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1963	All-American Flag Act	Identical bill	Jun 25, 2019
HR 8071	All-American Flag Act	Reintroduced Bill	Jun 15, 2022

Titles 4

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To require the purchase of domestically made flags of the United States of America for use by the Federal Government.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: All-American Flag Act
Short Title(s) as Passed House: All-American Flag Act
Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text: All-American Flag Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.

Text 3

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jan 16, 2019Referred in Senate
Jan 15, 2019Engrossed in House
Jan 3, 2019Introduced in House

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