{"database": "openregs", "table": "crs_reports", "rows": [["R48894", "Confederate Names and Military Installations: Fact Sheet", "2026-04-03T04:00:00Z", "2026-04-07T12:38:12Z", "Active", "Reports", "Travis A. Ferrell, Hannah Fischer", null, "Prior to 2023, there were 10 major military installations named after Confederate Civil War commanders, all of which were located in the former states of the Confederacy. Nine of the bases were active-component Army installations and one was a state Army National Guard camp. \nDrawing on the authority of the Naming Commission, established by Section 370(a) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2021 (P.L. 116-283), the Department of Defense (DOD) renamed the nine active-component Army installations in 2023.\nDOD is \u201cusing a secondary Department of War designation,\u201d and the Secretary of Defense is using \u201cOffice of the Secretary of War\u201d as a \u201csecondary\u201d designation, under Executive Order 14347 dated September 5, 2025.\nIn 2025, the U.S. Army announced that, in accordance with Section 1749(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (P.L. 116-92), \u201cProhibition on Names Related to the Confederacy,\u201d the same nine active-component Army installations would be renamed again.\nThe second round of base renaming changed the nine Army bases back to their original names; however, this time, non-Confederate veterans who shared the same surnames as the original base names were honored in the renaming.\nState officials in Louisiana renamed the state National Guard camp in 2023 and, in 2025, renamed it again, following the lead of the federal government and the U.S. Army.\nIn spring and summer 2025, President Donald J. Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth issued press releases and gave speeches referring to the second round of name changes to the nine U.S. Army bases.\nDuring the 119th Congress, Members of Congress have expressed various views on the renamings and some have introduced legislation, including amendments, on this issue.\n", "https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/R/PDF/R48894/R48894.2.pdf", "https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/R/HTML/R48894.html"]], "columns": ["id", "title", "publish_date", "update_date", "status", "content_type", "authors", "topics", "summary", "pdf_url", "html_url"], "primary_keys": ["id"], "primary_key_values": ["R48894"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6219669012352824, "source": "Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API", "source_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/api/v1", "license": "Public Domain (U.S. Government data)", "license_url": "https://www.regulations.gov/faq"}