[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1498 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1498

To amend title 10, United States Code, to require that military working 
     dogs be retired in the United States, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 3, 2015

   Mr. Wyden 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 require that military working 
     dogs be retired in the United States, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT FOR RETIREMENT OF MILITARY WORKING DOGS IN THE 
              UNITED STATES.

    (a) In General.--Section 2583 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as subsections 
        (g) and (h), respectively;
            (2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new 
        subsection (f):
    ``(f) Retirement of Military Working Dogs Within the United 
States.--(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the retirement of a 
military working dog under this section shall occur at a location 
within the United States.
    ``(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the retirement of a military 
working dog abroad if a United States citizen living abroad adopts the 
dog at the time of retirement.
    ``(3) Amounts available to the military department concerned shall 
be available for the costs of the transport of military working dogs to 
the United States for retirement in accordance with the requirement in 
paragraph (1).''; and
            (3) in subsection (g), as redesignated by paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                striking ``the Secretary of the military department 
                concerned'' and all that follows through ``may'' and 
                inserting ``a military working dog is to be retired in 
                accordance with the requirement in subsection (f)(1) 
                and no suitable adoption is available at the military 
                facility where the dog is located at the time of 
                retirement, the Secretary of the military department 
                concerned shall''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``within the United States'' after 
                ``another location''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, and shall apply to 
retirements of military working dogs pursuant to section 2583 of title 
10, United States Code, that occur on or after that date.
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