To prohibit any department or agency of the United States from transferring funds to any individual or entity that prohibits the display of the flag of the United States.

October 31, 2001

Mr. TANCREDO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

To prohibit any department or agency of the United States from transferring funds to any individual or entity that prohibits the display of the flag of 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 `Freedom to be a Patriot Act'.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON TRANSFER OF FUNDS.

(a) IN GENERAL- No department or agency of the United States may--

(1) transfer any Federal funds to an individual or entity that prohibits the patriotic display of the flag of the United States; or

(2) transfer any Federal funds that the head of such department or agency determines are likely to be subsequently transferred to an individual or entity described in paragraph (1).

(b) PATRIOTIC DISPLAY- For the purposes of this section, the term `patriotic display' means a display intended to express positive feelings about the United States and includes any display of the flag of the United States that conforms to the rules and customs described in section 6 of title 4, United States Code.

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