Old Glory Only Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 146.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DUNCAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 7, January 9, 2023, Page H111):
  Article I, Section 8, paragraph 14 bestows upon Congress the responsibility to ``Make Rules for the Government.'' This legislation informs one Department of the Government that they are only to fly one flag over our embassies abroad-- namely the national flag of the United States. Single Subject Statement: This legislation instructs the State Department to only fly the national flag of the United States over our consulates and embassies abroad.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2023 ↗

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  448 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 146, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/146

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  70062ff16675d760d255789e473e1fd3d8e50c95fabb0a75443116f73a59a0e6

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of July 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 146, last updated July 24, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.