2013—Pub. L. 112–239, § 588(b)(1), substituted “Display of State, District of Columbia, commonwealth, and territorial 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 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.”
1998—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105–225 substituted “section 7 of title 4 and any modification of section 7 under section 10 of title 4” for “the provisions of section 3 of the Joint Resolution of