{"id":5013,"date":"2023-08-18T12:06:49","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T17:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=5013"},"modified":"2023-08-18T12:06:49","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T17:06:49","slug":"bill-would-require-federal-agencies-to-buy-american-flags-made-in-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=5013","title":{"rendered":"Bill would require federal agencies to buy American flags made in U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-94.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-5014\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-94.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-94.png 750w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-94-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-94-293x220.png 293w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-94-390x293.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A bipartisan bill that would require the U.S. government to buy American flags that are made in the U.S. would have little effect on federal spending, according to a new report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Congressional Budget Office, a nonpartisan federal agency that produces hundreds of cost estimates for proposed legislation each year, reported the cost of implementing the&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/senate-bill\/1973\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">All-American Flag Act<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;would be &#8220;insignificant.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Using information from the General Services Administration and flag vendors, CBO expects that many vendors already meet the bill&#8217;s requirements,&#8221; according to the agency&#8217;s\u00a0<strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbo.gov\/publication\/59491\" target=\"_blank\">analysis<\/a><\/strong>. &#8220;CBO estimates that the costs of implementing S. 1973 would be insignificant.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The measure,&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/senate-bill\/1973\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Senate Bill&nbsp;1973<\/a><\/strong>, would require that all U.S. flags acquired by the federal government be manufactured in the United States from materials grown, produced, or manufactured domestically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Susan Collins, R-Maine, Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Gary Peters, D-Mich., introduced the bill in June.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;American flags should be made in America, period,&#8221; Brown said in a statement when he introduced the bill. &#8220;Today, half of the materials that our women and men in uniform fight under can be made in China.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brown first introduced the legislation in 2011.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many U.S. flags are made in China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Original Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/national\/article_4ea6b586-3d1f-11ee-b243-0fc2b163be54.html\">https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/national\/article_4ea6b586-3d1f-11ee-b243-0fc2b163be54.html<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecentersquare.com%2Fnational%2Farticle_4ea6b586-3d1f-11ee-b243-0fc2b163be54.html%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dfacebook%26utm_campaign%3Duser-share\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bipartisan bill that would require the U.S. government to buy American flags that are made in the U.S. would have little effect on federal spending, according to a new report. 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