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.
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.
