[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3407 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3407

   To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize commanders of 
wounded warrior battalions to accept charitable gifts on behalf of the 
    wounded members of the Armed Forces assigned to such battalions.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 31, 2008

   Mr. Burr (for himself, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Alexander, and Mr. Inhofe) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize commanders of 
wounded warrior battalions to accept charitable gifts on behalf of the 
    wounded members of the Armed Forces assigned to such battalions.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ACCEPTANCE BY COMMANDERS OF WOUNDED WARRIOR BATTALIONS OF 
              CHARITABLE GIFTS ON BEHALF OF WOUNDED MEMBERS OF THE 
              ARMED FORCES ASSIGNED TO SUCH BATTALIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 2601(b) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs 
        (3) and (4), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new 
        paragraph (2):
    ``(2)(A) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, 
the commander in grade O-5 or higher of a unit comprised exclusively of 
members of the armed forces described in paragraph (1)(B) (as 
determined without taking into account members of such unit performing 
command or administrative duties with respect to such unit) may accept, 
hold, administer, and spend gifts, devises, or bequests of personal 
property, money, or services for the benefit of the members of the 
armed forces described in paragraph (1)(B) which comprise such unit.
    ``(B)(i) Except as provided in clause (ii), the amount of any gift, 
devise, or bequest accepted by the commander of a unit under 
subparagraph (A) may not exceed $100,000.
    ``(ii) The amount a gift, devise, or bequest accepted by the 
commander of a unit under subparagraph (A) may exceed $100,000 under 
such circumstances, if any, as the Secretary of Defense may specify in 
the regulations prescribed under this paragraph.''.
    (b) Report on Utilization of Authorities.--Not later than 18 months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to Congress a report on the utilization of the authorities 
provided in paragraph (2) of section 2601(b) of title 10, United States 
Code (as amended by subsection (a)). The report shall include the 
following:
            (1) A description of the authorities in paragraph (2) of 
        section 2601(b) of title 10, United States Code (as so 
        amended), including a description of any limitations on such 
        authorities under the regulations required by that paragraph.
            (2) A description of the gifts, devises, and bequests 
        accepted under such authorities, and of the administration and 
        use of any gifts, devises, and bequests so accepted.
            (3) An assessment of the utility of such authorities in 
        assisting commanders of wounded warrior battalions in carrying 
        out the mission of such battalions with respect to members of 
        the Armed Forces assigned to such battalions.
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