[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4639 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4639

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the adoption of a 
 military working dog by the family of a deceased or seriously wounded 
       member of the Armed Forces who was the handler of the dog.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 22, 2010

  Mr. Jones introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the adoption of a 
 military working dog by the family of a deceased or seriously wounded 
       member of the Armed Forces who was the handler of the dog.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Corporal Dustin Lee Memorial Act''.

SEC. 2. ADOPTION OF MILITARY WORKING DOG BY FAMILY OF DECEASED OR 
              SERIOUSLY WOUNDED MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES WHO WAS THE 
              DOG'S HANDLER.

    Section 2583(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``Military animals''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(2) For purposes of making a determination under subsection 
(a)(2), unusual or extraordinary circumstances may include situations 
in which the handler of a military working dog is killed in action, 
dies of wounds received in action, or is so seriously wounded in action 
that the member will (or most likely will) receive a medical discharge. 
If the Secretary of the military department concerned determines that 
an adoption is justified in such a situation, the military working dog 
shall be made available for adoption only by the immediate family of 
the member.''.
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