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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 1313
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
FEBRUARY13, 2025
Mrs. H
ARSHBARGER(for herself, Ms. SALAZAR, Mr. HUNT, Mrs. MILLERof
Illinois, Mr. C
RAWFORD, Mr. SCHMIDT, Mr. NEHLS, Mr. WEBSTERof
Florida, Mr. W
EBERof Texas, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. MOOREof Alabama,
Mr. B
AIRD, Mr. JOHNSONof South Dakota, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. VAN
O
RDEN, Mr. MANN, Mr. MURPHY, Ms. LEEof Florida, Mr. HAMADEH
of Arizona, Mr. D
ONALDS, and Mr. BURLISON) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Foreign
Affairs, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FLAGS OTHER THAN THE FLAG OF 1
THE UNITED STATES. 2
(a) P
ROHIBITIONS.—No flag that is not the flag of 3
the United States may be flown, draped, or otherwise dis-4
played— 5
(1) on the exterior of a covered public building; 6
or 7
(2) in an area of a covered public building that 8
is fully accessible to the public, including an 9
entryway or hallway. 10
(b) E
XCEPTIONS.—The prohibitions under subsection 11
(a) shall not apply to— 12
(1) a National League of Families POW/MIA 13
flag (as designated by section 902 of title 36, United 14
States Code); 15
(2) a Hostage and Wrongful Detainee flag (as 16
designated by section 904 of title 36, United States 17
Code); 18
(3) any flag that represents the nation of a vis-19
iting diplomat or a representative of the government 20
of such nation visiting the public building at which 21
the flag is displayed; 22
(4) in the case of a Member of Congress, the 23
State flag of the State represented by such Member 24
that is located outside or within the office of the 25
Member; 26
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(5) any flag that represents a unit or branch of 1
the Armed Forces or a flag supporting the Armed 2
Forces; 3
(6) any flag of historical significance to the 4
United States, including the Betsy Ross flag, the 5
Gadsden flag, and the Bennington flag; 6
(7) a flag representing public safety; 7
(8) a flag commemorating a specific national 8
observance, including the 9/11 Memorial flag and 9
the Remembrance Day flag; 10
(9) in the case of a religious liturgy or cere-11
mony at a military installation or facility, any flag 12
that represents a religious organization or church 13
that is covered by section 501(c)(3) of the Internal 14
Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under 15
section 501(a) of such Code; 16
(10) in the case of a Federal agency, a flag rep-17
resenting such agency; 18
(11) any flag that represents an Indian Tribe 19
(as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Deter-20
mination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 21
5304)); or 22
(12) any flag that represents the State, terri-23
tory, county, city, or local jurisdiction in which the 24
public building is located. 25
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(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 1
(1) F
LAG OF THE UNITED STATES .—The term 2
‘‘flag of the United States’’ has the meaning given 3
the term in section 700(b) of title 18, United States 4
Code. 5
(2) C
OVERED PUBLIC BUILDING .— 6
(A) I
N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘covered 7
public building’’ has the meaning given the 8
term in section 3301(a) of title 40, United 9
States Code. 10
(B) I
NCLUSION.—The term ‘‘public build-11
ing’’ includes— 12
(i) a building in use by the Senate or 13
the House of Representatives, or otherwise 14
under the jurisdiction of the Architect of 15
the Capitol; 16
(ii) a military installation (as defined 17
in section 2801(c) of title 10, United 18
States Code); and 19
(iii) any embassy or consulate of the 20
United States. 21
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