[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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