10 U.S.C. § 2249b — Display of State, District of Columbia,

Page 1830 TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES [§ 2248 [§ 2248. Repealed. Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title X, § 1045(a)(5)(A), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1612] Section, added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title X, § 1063(a), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2848, related to prohibi- tion on purchase of surety bonds. [§ 2249. Renumbered § 4652] [§ 2249a. Renumbered § 361] § 2249b. Display of State, District of Columbia, commonwealth, and territorial flags by the armed forces (a) DISPLAY OF FLAGS BY ARMED FORCES.—The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that, when- ever the official flags of all 50 States are dis- played by the armed forces, such display shall include the flags of the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. (b) POSITION AND MANNER OF DISPLAY.—The display of an official flag of a State, territory, or possession of the United States at an installa- tion or other facility of the Department shall be governed by section 7 of title 4 and any modi- fication 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; Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title V, § 588(a), (b)(1), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1768, 1769.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2013—Pub. L. 112–239, § 588(b)(1), substituted ‘‘Display of State, District of Columbia, commonwealth, and ter- ritorial flags by the armed forces’’ for ‘‘Display of State flags: prohibition on use of funds to arbitrarily exclude flag; position and manner of display’’ in section catchline. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 112–239, § 588(a), amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: ‘‘Funds available to the Department of Defense may not be used to prescribe or enforce any rule that arbi- trarily 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 De- partment of Defense.’’ 1998—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105–225 substituted ‘‘section 7 of title 4 and any modification of section 7 under sec- tion 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 provi- sions under section 8 of that Joint Resolution (36 U.S.C. 178)’’. [§ 2249c. Renumbered § 345] [§ 2249d. Renumbered § 346] [§ 2249e. Renumbered § 362] SUBCHAPTER II—MISCELLANEOUS ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY Sec. 2251. Household furnishings and other property: personnel outside the United States or in Alaska or Hawaii. 2252. Rewards: missing property. 2253. Motor vehicles. Sec. 2254. Treatment of reports of aircraft accident in- vestigations. 2254a. Data files of military flight operations qual- ity assurance systems: exemption from dis- closure under Freedom of Information Act. 2255. Aircraft accident investigation boards: com- position requirements. 2257. Use of recruiting materials for public rela- tions. 2259. Transit pass program: personnel in poor air quality areas. 2260. Licensing of intellectual property: retention of fees. 2261. Presentation of recognition items for recruit- ment and retention purposes. 2262. Department of Defense conferences: collec- tion of fees to cover Department of Defense costs. 2263. United States contributions to the North At- lantic Treaty Organization common-funded budgets. 2264. Reimbursement for assistance provided to nongovernmental entertainment-oriented media producers. 2265. Access to broadband internet access service for certain members of the armed forces. Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2024—Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title VI, § 651(a), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 1938, added item 2265. Amendment was made pursuant to operation of section 102 of this title. 2014—Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title VIII, § 859(b), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3461, added item 2264. 2011—Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title X, § 1082(a)(2), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1601, added item 2254a. 2008—Pub. L. 110–417, [div. A], title X, § 1004(a)(2), Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4583, added item 2263. 2006—Pub. L. 109–364, div. A, title X, § 1051(b), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2396, added item 2262. Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title V, § 589(a)(2), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3279, added item 2261. 2004—Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title X, § 1004(b), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 2036, added item 2260. 2000—Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title X, § 1082(a)(2)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–285, added item 2259. 1999—Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title V, § 574(b), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 624, added item 2257. 1996—Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title IX, § 911(a)(2), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2622, added item 2255. 1992—Pub. L. 102–484, div. A, title X, § 1071(a)(2), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2508, added item 2254. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPTROLLER GENERAL REC- OMMENDATIONS RELATING TO THE FOOD PROGRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title X, § 1093, Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2083, provided that: ‘‘Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 23, 2024], the Secretary of Defense shall— ‘‘(1) implement the recommendations of the Comp- troller General of the United States contained in the report published by the Comptroller General in June 2024 and titled ‘DOD Food Program: Additional Ac- tions Needed to Implement, Oversee, and Evaluate Nutrition Efforts for Service Members’ (GAO–24–106155); or ‘‘(2) if the Secretary does not implement any such recommendation, submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Rep- resentatives a report explaining why the Secretary has not implemented those recommendations.’’ CLARIFICATION OF FOOD INGREDIENT REQUIREMENTS FOR FOOD OR BEVERAGES PROVIDED BY THE DEPART- MENT OF DEFENSE Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title III, § 369, Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3552, provided that: