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Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026Section 6 › Proposal

Only eight kinds of flag may fly over a State Department facility

Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, section 6, Sec. 6. Written by .

Only eight kinds of flag may fly over a State Department facility

The document says “may notWho acts: Secretary of StateHow: statuteSec. 6 in the PDF
What the document says

“None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be obligated or expended to fly or display a flag over a facility of the United States Department of State other than the--”

Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, Sec. 6

Section 7069 of division F bars funds in the division from being used to fly or display any flag over a State Department facility other than the United States flag, the Foreign Service flag, the POW and MIA flag, the Hostage and Wrongful Detainee flag, the flag of a State, insular area or the District of Columbia at domestic locations, the flag of an Indian Tribal government, the official branded flag of a United States agency, or the sovereign flag of another country.

What the document actually says

“None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be obligated or expended to fly or display a flag over a facility of the United States Department of State other than the--”

Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, Sec. 6
That sentence, in plain words

No money in this part may be used to fly a flag over a State Department building. Only the flags listed next may fly.

What this is about

The list names eight kinds. The national flag is one. Any flag outside the list may not be flown with this money.

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