S.Amdt. 2740

SA 2740. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2025 for

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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 H of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1095. DISPLAY OF UNITED STATES FLAG FOR PATRIOTIC AND
MILITARY OBSERVANCES.

(a) Amendment to Flag Code.--Section 8(c) of title 4,
United States Code, is amended by inserting ``, except as may
be necessary in limited circumstances and done in a
respectful manner as part of a military or patriotic
observance involving members of the Armed Forces'' after
``aloft and free''.
(b) Modification of Department of Defense Policy.--The
Secretary of Defense shall--
(1) rescind the February 10, 2023, Department of Defense
memorandum entitled, ``Clarification of Department of Defense
Community Engagement Policy on Showing Proper Respect to the
United States Flag''; and
(2) support military recruitment through public outreach
events during patriotic and military observances, including
the display of the United States flag regardless of size and
position, including horizontally, provided that, in
accordance with section 8(b) of title 4, United States Code,
the flag never touch anything beneath it, such as the ground,
the floor, water, or merchandise.
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