1505, is a U.S. federal statute enacted by the 118th United States Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden on July 30, 2024.
The act mandates that American flags purchased by the U.S. government must be produced entirely with American-made materials and manufactured in the United States.
§ 6310, requires that the U.S. government may only purchase U.S. flags that are “100 percent manufactured in the United States from articles, materials, or supplies that have been grown or 100 percent produced or manufactured in the United States.”[1] The act specifies exceptions, including an exception if flags of satisfactory quality and sufficient quantity cannot be procured as needed at market prices.
Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Susan Collins (R-ME), and Joe Manchin (D-WV) introduced the legislation.
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