[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 25, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S3554]
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SA 1045. Mr. MARSHALL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 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:
At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:
SEC. ____. PROHIBITION ON FLAGS OTHER THAN THE FLAG OF THE
UNITED STATES.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law
and except as provided in subsection (b), no flag that is not
the flag of the United States (as defined in section 700(b)
of title 18, United States Code) may be flown, draped, or
otherwise displayed at a military installation (as defined in
section 2801(c) of title 10, United States Code).
(b) Exceptions.--The prohibition under subsection (a) shall
not apply to--
(1) a National League of Families POW/MIA flag (as
designated by section 902 of title 36, United States Code);
(2) any flag that represents the nation of a visiting
diplomat;
(3) any flag that represents a unit or branch of the Armed
Forces;
(4) any flag that represents an Indian Tribe (as defined in
section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education
Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)); or
(5) any flag that represents the State, territory, county,
city, or local jurisdiction in which the military
installation is located.
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