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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 3666
To amend title 4, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of State
to restrict the display of flags at diplomatic and consular posts.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 1, 2021
Ms. MALLIOTAKIS (for herself, Mr. BUCK, Mr. ISSA, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr.
MAST, Ms. STEFANIK, and Mr. GUEST) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 4, United States Code, to direct the Secretary
of State to restrict the display of flags at diplomatic
and consular posts.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stars and Stripes Act
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of 2021’’.
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SEC. 2. DISPLAY OF FLAGS AT DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR
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POSTS.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 4, United
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States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
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lowing new section:
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‘‘§ 11. Display of flags at diplomatic and consular
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posts
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‘‘The Secretary of State shall prohibit the display of
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any flag or banner at any diplomatic or consular post, with
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the exception of the following flags:
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‘‘(1) The flag of the United States.
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‘‘(2) The flag of the country where the diplo-
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matic or consular post is located.
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‘‘(3) The flag of a State, territory, or posses-
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sion of the United States.
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‘‘(4) A departmental or secretarial flag.
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‘‘(5) The flag of an Armed Force.
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‘‘(6) A flag designed to honor persons who are
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classified as prisoners of war or missing-in-action.’’.
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
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at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting
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after the item relating to section 10 the following new
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item:
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‘‘11. Display of flags at diplomatic and consular posts.’’.
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