Bill Details
S.849 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-03-05 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Introduced Date
2025-03-05
Policy Area
Congress
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Sponsors
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This bill would ban the display of any foreign country’s flag on the U.S. Capitol grounds and stop Members of Congress from using official office money to buy those flags. In simple terms, it would allow only the U.S. flag to be shown there and would prevent taxpayer-funded congressional accounts from being used to purchase flags from other countries.
- The ban would apply to all locations on the United States Capitol Grounds.
- It would prevent foreign flags from being displayed on Capitol Hill.
- It would also block House and Senate office funds from being used to buy a foreign country’s flag.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 849 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 849
To prohibit displaying the flag of a country other than the United
States on Capitol Hill and to prohibit Members of Congress from using
official funds to purchase the flag of a country other than the United
States.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 5, 2025
Mr. Moreno introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
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A BILL
To prohibit displaying the flag of a country other than the United
States on Capitol Hill and to prohibit Members of Congress from using
official funds to purchase the flag of a country other than the United
States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``The Allegiance Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON DISPLAYING OR PURCHASING FLAGS OF COUNTRIES
OTHER THAN THE UNITED STATES.
(a) Prohibition on Display.--The flag of a country other than the
United States may not be displayed at any location on the United States
Capitol Grounds, as described in section 5102 of title 40, United
States Code.
(b) Prohibition on Purchase.--Amounts made available to a Member or
Member-elect of the House of Representatives for the Members'
Representational Allowance established under section 101 of the House
of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act (2
U.S.C. 5341) or to a Senator for the Senators' Official Personnel and
Office Expense Account may not be used to purchase the flag of a
country other than the United States.
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