I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7164 
To require the Secretary of Defense to change the name of any military 
installation or other property under the jurisdiction of the Department 
of Defense that is currently named after any individual who took up 
arms against the United States during the American Civil War or any 
individual or entity that supported such efforts, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 11, 2020 
Ms. CLARKE of New York (for herself, Mr. ROSE of New York, Ms. LEE of 
California, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. KENNEDY, 
Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Ms. NORTON, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. 
THOMPSON of California, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. OMAR, Mr. 
CICILLINE, Mr. NADLER, Ms. MENG, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. RUSH, Mr. 
LAWSON of Florida, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. POCAN, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, 
Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Mr. 
MCGOVERN, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, 
Mr. LARSEN of Washington, and Mr. KIM) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Defense to change the name 
of any military installation or other property under the 
jurisdiction of the Department of Defense that is cur-
rently named after any individual who took up arms 
against the United States during the American Civil 
War or any individual or entity that supported such 
efforts, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Honoring Real Patri-
ots Act of 2020’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The American Civil War of 1861–1865 was 
fought over the desire of the seceding States to keep 
human beings enslaved based upon their race. 
(2) The Confederacy was so committed to pre-
serving the institution of slavery that it killed more 
than 360,000 American soldiers in its failed effort to 
achieve this goal. 
(3) This act of treason was a direct attack on 
the existence of the United States and merits no 
honor to the Confederacy as an institution or its 
leaders as individuals by the United States Armed 
Forces. 
(4) Nonetheless, United States military installa-
tions and other property under the jurisdiction of 
the Department of Defense, including General Lee 
Avenue and Stonewall Jackson Drive at Fort Ham-
ilton, New York, remain named after rebels who 
took up arms against the United States. 
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(5) The United States Armed Forces are essen-
tial to defending the United States and protecting 
American values of freedom, equality, and demo-
cratic governance. 
(6) This role is undermined when military in-
stallations, facilities, roads, equipment, and other 
property are named after enemy combatants who 
took up arms during the Civil War to challenge the 
very values for which the United States stands. 
(7) Naming military property after armed in-
surrectionists with American blood on their hands is 
an affront to members of the Armed Forces, many 
of whom are people of color, who take an oath to 
protect and defend the Constitution. 
(8) There are an ample number of meritorious 
members of the Armed Forces, who loyally served 
the United States, for whom military property could 
and should be named. 
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SEC. 3. REDESIGNATION OF MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AND 
OTHER PROPERTY UNDER THE JURISDIC-
TION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
NAMED AFTER INDIVIDUALS WHO TOOK UP 
ARMS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES DURING 
THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR. 
(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 
United States that no military installation or other prop-
erty under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense 
shall be named, or may remain named, after any indi-
vidual who took up arms against the United States during 
the American Civil War or any individual or entity that 
supported such efforts. 
(b) REDESIGNATION OF PROPERTY.—Not later than 
one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Defense shall change the name of any mili-
tary installation or other property under the jurisdiction 
of the Department of Defense that, as of the date of the 
enactment of this Act, is named after— 
(1) any individual who took up arms against 
the United States during the American Civil War; or 
(2) any individual or entity that supported the 
effort to take up arms against the United States 
during such war. 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION REPORT.—Not later than 30 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
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of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Serv-
ices of the House of Representatives and the Senate a re-
port containing a plan to comply with this section by the 
deadline specified in subsection (b). The report shall in-
clude the following: 
(1) A comprehensive list of all military installa-
tions and other property under the jurisdiction of 
the Department of Defense with a name that needs 
to be changed to comply with this section. 
(2) An estimate of the funding necessary to im-
plement this section, including costs associated with 
new signage, maps, documents, and other materials 
to reflect changes in names. 
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