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CONGRESS 2

D

S

ESSION

H. R. 6433

To render ineligible for Federal funds any institution of higher education that removes, censors, takes down, prohibits, or otherwise halts display of a flag of the United States.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

D

ECEMBER

2, 2016 Mr. T

URNER

(for himself, Mr. Z

INKE

, Mr. M

ILLER

of Florida, Mr. L

UETKE

-

MEYER

, Mr. D

IAZ

-B

ALART

, Mr. C

OLLINS

of Georgia, Mr. W

ITTMAN

, Mr. B

ROOKS

of Alabama, Mr. A

USTIN

S

COTT

of Georgia, Mr. A

LLEN

, Mr. K

ELLY

of Mississippi, Mr. B

RAT

, Mr. Y

OHO

, Mr. R

IBBLE

, Mr. D

ES

J

ARLAIS

, Mr. R

ICE

of South Carolina, Mr. B

OUSTANY

, Mr. W

ALBERG

, Mr. S

CHWEIKERT

, Mr. L

AMBORN

, Mr. S

MITH

of Missouri, Mrs. W

AGNER

, Mr. C

HABOT

, Mrs. H

ARTZLER

, Mrs. B

LACKBURN

, Mr. W

ENSTRUP

, Mr. M

EADOWS

, Mr. J

OHNSON

of Ohio, Mr. M

C

K

INLEY

, Mr. T

IPTON

, Mr. J

ENKINS

of West Virginia, Mr. L

ANCE

, Mr. D

AVIDSON

, Mr. R

OE

of Tennessee, Mr. A

BRAHAM

, Mrs. W

ALORSKI

, Ms. G

RANGER

, Mr. N

EUGEBAUER

, Mr. P

EARCE

, Mr. W

EBER

of Texas, Mr. C

ARTER

of Texas, Mr. R

OGERS

of Alabama, Mr. C

ONAWAY

, Mr. C

ULBERSON

, Mr. O

LSON

, Mr. F

ARENTHOLD

, Mr. R

EED

, Mr. G

UINTA

, Mr. B

ISHOP

of Utah, Mr. C

HAFFETZ

, Mr. S

TEWART

, Mrs. L

OVE

, Mr. W

ALKER

, and Mr. S

TIVERS

) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-mittee on Education and the Workforce

A BILL

To render ineligible for Federal funds any institution of higher education that removes, censors, takes down, pro-hibits, or otherwise halts display of a flag of the United States.

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HR 6433 IH

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 ‘‘Protect the Flag Act’’.

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SEC. 2. INELIGIBILITY FOR FEDERAL FUNDS.

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(a) I

N

G

ENERAL

.—Federal funds may not be made

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available to an institution of higher education (as defined

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in section 102(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965

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(20 U.S.C. 1002(a))) that, pursuant to an official policy

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of the institution to prohibit the display of the flag of the

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United States by the institution, removes, censors, takes

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down, prohibits, or otherwise halts display of a flag of the

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United States.

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(b) R

EINSTATEMENT OF

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LIGIBILITY

.—The prohibi-

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tion described in subsection (a) shall cease to apply with

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respect to an institution described in such subsection upon

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complete and proper reinstatement, by the institution in

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its official capacity, of the flag of the United States at

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any and all locations on campus property (including across

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multiple campuses, if applicable) from which a previously

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displayed flag of the United States was removed, censored,

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taken down, prohibited, or otherwise halted from display

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pursuant to an official policy of the institution to prohibit

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