Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Flag Standardization Act of 2021”.
Flag Standardization Act of 2021
A BILL
To amend title 4, United States Code, to limit the flags that may be flown on Federal property, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Flags flown on Federal property
In general— Chapter 1 of title 4, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
“11. Flags flown on Federal property.
“(a) In general—Only one or more specified flags may be flown on Federal property.
“(b) Definitions—In this section:
“(1) Specified flag—The term “specified flag” means one of the following:
“(A) The flag of the United States.
“(B) The flag of a State.
“(C) The flag of an Indian Tribal government.
“(D) A flag of the Armed Forces of the United States.
“(E) The National League of Families POW/MIA flag.
“(2) State—The term “State” means each State, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
“(3) Indian Tribal government—The term “Indian Tribal government” means the governing body of any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, or community that the Secretary of the Interior acknowledges to exist as an Indian tribe under the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 479a et seq.).
“(c) Rule of construction—For the purposes of this section, the term “federal property” shall not be construed to include military housing.”
Clerical amendment— The analysis for chapter 1 of title 4, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new item: