10 USC 2249b: Display of State flags: prohibition on use of funds to arbitrarily exclude flag; position and manner of display

10 USC 2249b: Display of State flags: prohibition on use of funds to arbitrarily exclude flag; position and manner of display Text contains those laws in effect on January 2, 2001

From Title 10-ARMED FORCESSubtitle A-General Military LawPART IV-SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENTCHAPTER 134-MISCELLANEOUS ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONSSUBCHAPTER I-MISCELLANEOUS AUTHORITIES, PROHIBITIONS, AND LIMITATIONS ON THE USE OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS

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§2249b. Display of State flags: prohibition on use of funds to arbitrarily exclude flag; position and manner of display

(a) Prohibition on Use of Funds.-Funds available to the Department of Defense may not be used to prescribe or enforce any rule that arbitrarily excludes the official flag of any State, territory, or possession of the United States from any display of the flags of the States, territories, and possessions of the United States at an official ceremony of the Department of Defense.

(b) Position and Manner of Display.-The display of an official flag of a State, territory, or possession of the United States at an installation or other facility of the Department shall be governed by section 7 of title 4 and any modification of section 7 under section 10 of title 4.

(Added Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title X, §1071(a), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2656 ; amended Pub. L. 105–225, §4(a)(1), Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1498 .)

Amendments

1998-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105–225 substituted "section 7 of title 4 and any modification of section 7 under section 10 of title 4" for "the provisions of section 3 of the Joint Resolution of June 22, 1942 (56 Stat. 378, chapter 435; 36 U.S.C. 175), and any modification of such provisions under section 8 of that Joint Resolution (36 U.S.C. 178)".