# 115-hr-3660: No Federal Funding for Confederate Symbols Act

115-hr-3660, No Federal Funding for Confederate Symbols Act, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] (D-NY); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-3660
- Congress: 115
- Title: No Federal Funding for Confederate Symbols Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
- Introduced: 2017-08-18
- Sponsor: Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] (D-NY)
- Cosponsors: 45
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

No Federal Funding for Confederate Symbols Act This bill prohibits federal funds from being used for the creation, maintenance, or display of any Confederate symbol on federal public land, including any highway, park, subway, federal building, military installation, street, or other federal property. An exception to such prohibition is provided: (1) if the use of such funds is necessary to allow for the removal of the Confederate symbol to address public safety; or (2) in the case of a Confederate symbol created, maintained, or displayed in a museum or educational exhibit. The Department of Defense shall redesignate the following military installations with such designation as it determines appropriate: Fort Rucker, Alabama, Fort Benning, Georgia, Fort Gordon, Georgia, Camp Beauregard, Louisiana, Fort Polk, Louisiana, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Fort Hood, Texas, Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, Fort Lee, Virginia, and Fort Pickett, Virginia.

## Cosponsors (45)

- Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] (D-RI), 2017-08-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] (D-NC), 2017-08-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3] (D-PA), 2017-08-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE] (D-DE), 2017-08-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1] (D-NC), 2017-08-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI), 2017-08-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY), 2017-08-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5] (D-MA), 2017-08-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5] (D-MN), 2017-08-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37] (D-CA), 2017-08-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (D-NY), 2017-08-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] (D-FL), 2017-08-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6] (D-NJ), 2017-08-18T00:00:00.000Z
- NITA LOWEY (D-NY), 2017-08-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2017-08-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3] (D-OH), 2017-08-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] (D-AZ), 2017-08-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2017-08-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vela, Filemon [D-TX-34] (D-TX), 2017-08-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] (D-OR), 2017-08-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2] (D-LA), 2017-08-18T00:00:00.000Z
- JOSE SERRANO (D-NY), 2017-08-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI), 2017-08-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] (D-CT), 2017-08-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] (D-CA), 2017-08-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5] (D-NY), 2017-08-18T00:00:00.000Z
- LUIS GUTIERREZ (D-IL), 2017-08-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18] (D-CA), 2017-08-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30] (D-TX), 2017-08-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8] (D-NY), 2017-08-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA), 2017-08-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gomez, Jimmy [D-CA-34] (D-CA), 2017-08-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43] (D-CA), 2017-08-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9] (D-TX), 2017-08-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14] (D-MI), 2017-08-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] (D-IL), 2017-08-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] (D-MD), 2017-08-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] (D-FL), 2017-08-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] (D-CA), 2017-08-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2017-08-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hanabusa, Colleen [D-HI-1] (D-HI), 2017-08-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11] (D-IL), 2017-08-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2017-09-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL), 2017-09-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL), 2017-10-06T00:00:00.000Z

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- 115-hr-6135: Keep Families Together Act
- 115-hr-4240: Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2017
- 115-hr-3440: Dream Act of 2017
- 115-hr-502: Land and Water Conservation Fund Reauthorization and Fairness Act
- 115-hr-6545: Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2018
- 115-hr-5087: Assault Weapons Ban of 2018

## Sources
- [115-hr-3660 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3660)

## Related
- [115-hr-6135: Keep Families Together Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6135)
- [115-hr-4240: Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2017](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4240)
- [115-hr-3440: Dream Act of 2017](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-3440)
- [115-hr-502: Land and Water Conservation Fund Reauthorization and Fairness Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-502)
- [115-hr-6545: Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6545)
- [115-hr-5087: Assault Weapons Ban of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5087)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-3660 (as of 2025-11-18).