No Foreign-Made Flags for Feds

Was the the flag flying over the building you work in made in the U.S.A.? Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Iowa, wants to make sure it was, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports. Last week, in honor of Flag Day, he introduced legislation that would require the federal government to buy only American-made flags.

Right now, only the flags purchased for use with veterans' caskets must be made in America and made from completely American materials. (Under the Buy America Act of 1933, most flags and other goods purchased by agencies must be made up of at least 50 percent American materials.) According to the Census Bureau, $4.7 million worth of American flags were imported from other countries last year, including $4.3 million from China.