House Amendment 8304 PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 2559 as follows: 1 2 #1. By striking everything after the enacting 1 3 clause and inserting the following: 1 4 <Section 1. NEW SECTION. 554E.1 PURCHASING OF 1 5 FLAGS == RESTRICTION. 1 6 1. The state, a state agency, political 1 7 subdivision of the state, school district, area 1 8 education agency, community college, an institution 1 9 under the control of the state board of regents, other 1 10 public entity, or a state, county, or municipal 1 11 cemetery shall not purchase, on or after July 1, 2008, 1 12 any of the following flags, unless the flag was 1 13 manufactured in the United States: 1 14 a. The United States flag. 1 15 b. The state flag of Iowa. 1 16 c. A flag representing or commemorating United 1 17 States soldiers classified as missing in action or 1 18 prisoners of war. 1 19 2. For purposes of this section, "flag" means a 1 20 piece of woven cloth or other material designed to be 1 21 flown for purposes of public display. 1 22 3. This section does not apply to representations 1 23 or depictions of a flag not meeting the definition in 1 24 subsection 2 which are affixed or attached to physical 1 25 objects, works of art, or memorabilia.> 1 26 #2. Title page, by striking lines 1 through 3 and 1 27 inserting the following: <An Act prohibiting the 1 28 purchase of designated flags manufactured outside the 1 29 United States.> 1 30 1 31 1 32 1 33 ZIRKELBACH of Jones 1 34 HF 2559.701 82 1 35 rn/nh/20968 1 36 1 37 1 38 1 39 1 40 1 41 1 42 1 43 1 44 1 45 1 46 1 47 1 48 1 49 1 50 -1-