One Flag for All Act

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 4196 To prohibit the flying, draping, or other display of any flag other than the flag of the United States at public buildings, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 16, 2023 Mrs. HARSHBARGER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee con- cerned A BILL To prohibit the flying, draping, or other display of any flag other than the flag of the United States at public build- ings, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘One Flag for All Act’’. 4 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FLAGS OTHER THAN THE FLAG OF 5 THE UNITED STATES. 6 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 7 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:00 Jul 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4196.IH H4196 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 4196 IH (1) FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES.—The term 1 ‘‘flag of the United States’’ has the meaning given 2 the term in section 700(b) of title 18, United States 3 Code. 4 (2) PUBLIC BUILDING.— 5 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 6 subparagraph (B), the term ‘‘public building’’ 7 has the meaning given the term in section 8 3301(a) of title 40, United States Code. 9 (B) INCLUSION.—The term ‘‘public build- 10 ing’’ includes— 11 (i) a military installation (as defined 12 in section 2801(c) of title 10, United 13 States Code); and 14 (ii) any embassy or consulate of the 15 United States. 16 (b) PROHIBITIONS.—Notwithstanding any other pro- 17 vision of law and except as provided in subsection (c), no 18 flag that is not the flag of the United States may be flown, 19 draped, or otherwise displayed— 20 (1) on the exterior of a public building; or 21 (2) in the hallway of a public building. 22 (c) EXCEPTIONS.—The prohibitions under subsection 23 (b) shall not apply to— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:00 Jul 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4196.IH H4196 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 4196 IH (1) a National League of Families POW/MIA 1 flag (as designated by section 902 of title 36, United 2 States Code); 3 (2) any flag that represents the nation of a vis- 4 iting diplomat; 5 (3) the State flag of the State represented by 6 a member of Congress, outside or within the office 7 of the member; 8 (4) in the case of a military installation, any 9 flag that represents a unit or branch of the Armed 10 Forces; 11 (5) any flag that represents an Indian Tribe (as 12 defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination 13 and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)); or 14 (6) any flag that represents the State, territory, 15 county, city, or local jurisdiction in which the public 16 building is located. 17 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:00 Jul 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H4196.IH H4196 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS