No Federal Funding for Confederate Symbols Act

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45 cosponsors · 45 D

34 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

This bill prohibits federal funds from being used for the creation, maintenance, or display of any Confederate symbol on federal public land, including any highway, park, subway, federal building, military installation, street, or other federal property.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Aug 18, 2017

No Federal Funding for Confederate Symbols Act

An exception to such prohibition is provided: (1) if the use of such funds is necessary to allow for the removal of the Confederate symbol to address public safety; or (2) in the case of a Confederate symbol created, maintained, or displayed in a museum or educational exhibit.

The Department of Defense shall redesignate the following military installations with such designation as it determines appropriate:

Fort Rucker, Alabama,
Fort Benning, Georgia,
Fort Gordon, Georgia,
Camp Beauregard, Louisiana,
Fort Polk, Louisiana,
Fort Bragg, North Carolina,
Fort Hood, Texas,
Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia,
Fort Lee, Virginia, and
Fort Pickett, Virginia.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: No Federal Funding for Confederate Symbols Act

Latest action (Oct 17, 2017): Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.

Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security · Origin: House · Introduced: Aug 18, 2017

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.