[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 121 (Wednesday, July 1, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S4162]
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SA 2415. Ms. WARREN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2301 proposed by Mr. Inhofe to the bill S. 4049, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 377 and insert the following:
SEC. 377. REMOVAL OF CONFEDERATE NAMES, SYMBOLS, DISPLAYS,
MONUMENTS, AND PARAPHERNALIA FROM ASSETS OF
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
(a) Removal.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), not
later than one year after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of Defense shall remove all names,
symbols, displays, monuments, and paraphernalia that honor or
commemorate the Confederate States of America (commonly
referred to as the ``Confederacy'') or any person who served
voluntarily with the Confederate States of America from all
assets of the Department of Defense.
(2) Exemption for grave markers.--The requirement under
paragraph (1) shall not apply to grave markers.
(b) Certification.--Upon completion of the removal required
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives a certification in writing detailing that
such removal has been completed.
(c) Prohibition on Display.--Beginning on the date on which
the Secretary submits the certification required by
subsection (b), the Secretary may not place, assign, or
otherwise use any name, symbol, display, monument, or
paraphernalia that honors or commemorates the Confederate
States of America or any person who served voluntarily with
the Confederate States of America at any asset of the
Department.
(d) Asset Defined.--In this section, the term ``asset''
includes any base, installation, street, building, facility,
aircraft, ship, plane, weapon, equipment, or any other
property owned or controlled by the Department of Defense.
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