How a new bill will make American flags a little more American-made

Jul 29

Lauren Taylor Anchor

By Lauren Taylor (Anchor), Evan Hummel (Producer), Jake Maslo (Video Editor)

U.S. members of Congress recently passed the All-American Flag Act, which will require every American flag purchased by the United States federal government to be manufactured in the United States and use only American-made materials. On Monday, July 29, the sponsors of the bill, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio said that they expected to President Joe Biden to sign the legislation into law soon.

Currently, the United States imports millions of flags from overseas and federal rules require only that the federal government buy flags that are made up of half of U.S.-made materials.

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The Associated Press reported that in 2017, the United States imported around 10 million American flags and 99.5% came from China. The figures uncovered include all American flags imported into the United States and not just those that were purchased by the federal government.

Sens. Collins and Brown have tried for several years to pass legislation requiring the United States government purchase only flags made in America and made with U.S-made materials.

Tags: American flag, House Democrats, House of Representatives, House Republicans, Joe Biden, Maine, Ohio, Sherrod Brown, Susan Collins, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate, United States, White House

[LAUREN TAYLOR]

THERE’S NOTHING MORE AMERICAN THAN THE AMERICAN FLAG.

BUT IT MAY SEEM A LITTLE LESS AMERICAN WHEN YOU CONSIDER MILLIONS OF OUR FLAGS ARE IMPORTED — MOSTLY FROM CHINA

NOW, NEWLY PASSED LEGISLATION WILL ENSURE MORE OF OUR NATION’S FLAGS ARE MADE IN THE U-S.

REQUIRING ALL AMERICAN FLAGS BOUGHT BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BE COMPLETELY MANUFACTURED IN THE U-S AND USE ONLY AMERICAN-MADE MATERIAL.

THE “ALL AMERICAN FLAG ACT” IS EXPECTED TO BE SIGNED INTO LAW SOON BY PRESIDENT BIDEN.

CURRENTLY, THE U-S IMPORTS MILLIONS OF FLAGS FROM OVERSEAS AND FEDERAL RULES REQUIRE ONLY THAT THE GOVERNMENT BUY FLAGS CONTAINING HALF U-S-MADE MATERIAL.

DATA FROM 2017 SHOWS THE U- S IMPORTED 10 MILLION AMERICAN FLAGS– AND MORE THAN 99 PERCENT CAME FROM CHINA.

THE FIGURES INCLUDE ALL AMERICAN FLAGS IMPORTED– NOT JUST THOSE PURCHASED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

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