DISPLAY OF STATE FLAGS AT INSTALLATIONS AND FACILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

SEC. 1071. DISPLAY OF STATE FLAGS AT INSTALLATIONS AND FACILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. (a) In General.— Subchapter I of chapter 134 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “§ 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 110 STAT. 2657governed by 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)”. (b) Clerical Amendment.— The table of sections at the beginning of chapter I of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: “2249b. Display of State flags: prohibition on use of funds to arbitrarily exclude flag; position and manner of display.”.