House File 2559 - Reprinted HOUSE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS (SUCCESSOR TO HF 2191) Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act prohibiting the purchase of designated flags manufactured 2 outside the United States. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 HF 2559 5 rn/jg/25 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 554E.1 PURCHASING OF FLAGS == 1 2 RESTRICTION. 1 3 1. The state, a state agency, political subdivision of the 1 4 state, school district, area education agency, community 1 5 college, an institution under the control of the state board 1 6 of regents, other public entity, or a state, county, or 1 7 municipal cemetery shall not purchase, on or after July 1, 1 8 2008, any of the following flags, unless the flag was 1 9 manufactured in the United States: 1 10 a. The United States flag. 1 11 b. The state flag of Iowa. 1 12 c. A flag representing or commemorating United States 1 13 soldiers classified as missing in action or prisoners of war. 1 14 2. For purposes of this section, "flag" means a piece of 1 15 woven cloth or other material designed to be flown for 1 16 purposes of public display. 1 17 3. This section does not apply to representations or 1 18 depictions of a flag not meeting the definition in subsection 1 19 2 which are affixed or attached to physical objects, works of 1 20 art, or memorabilia. 1 20 HF 2559 1 20 jg/25