Sec. 1749. Prohibition of public display of Confederate battle flag on Department of Defense property

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Except as provided in subsection

(b)the Secretary of Defense shall prohibit the public display of the Confederate battle flag at all Department of Defense property. The prohibition under subsection

(a)shall not apply to— a museum located on a Department of Defense installation that addresses the Civil War from a historical or educational perspective; an educational or historical display depicting a Civil War battle in which the Confederate battle flag is present, but not the main focus of the display; a State flag that incorporates the Confederate battle flag; a State-issued license plate with a depiction of the Confederate battle flag; or a grave site of a Confederate soldier. In this section: The term Confederate battle flag means the battle flag carried by Confederate armies during the Civil War. The term Department of Defense property means all installations, workplaces, common-access areas, and public areas of the Department of Defense, including— office buildings, facilities, naval vessels, aircraft, Government vehicles, hangars, ready rooms, conference rooms, individual offices, cubicles, storage rooms, tool and equipment rooms, workshops, break rooms, galleys, recreational areas, commissaries, Navy and Marine Corps exchanges, and heads; sensitive compartmented information facilities and other secure facilities; open-bay barracks and common areas of barracks and living quarters; all Department of Defense school houses and training facilities including, officer candidate school, the basic school, recruit training command, and recruiting offices; all areas of the Department of Defense in public or plain view, including outside areas, work office buildings, stores, or barracks, including parking lots; the front yard or external porch of Government-owned and Government-operated housing and public-private venture housing; and automobile bumper stickers, clothing, and other apparel that is located on or in any installation, workplace, common-access area, or public area of the Department of Defense.