[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2063 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2063

To authorize the payment of a travel or transportation allowance for a 
   member of the uniformed services to travel to obtain professional 
  development training only if such training relates to the military 
    occupational specialty of the member and not to the sex, sexual 
             orientation, race, or religion of the member.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 21, 2023

    Mr. Rubio (for himself, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Cassidy, and Mr. Cruz) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the payment of a travel or transportation allowance for a 
   member of the uniformed services to travel to obtain professional 
  development training only if such training relates to the military 
    occupational specialty of the member and not to the sex, sexual 
             orientation, race, or religion of the member.

    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 ``Banning Overspending On Non-Defense 
Objectives at Gratuitous Gatherings and Learning Events Act'' or the 
``BOONDOGGLE Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS ON PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAVEL AND 
              TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCES.

    Section 453 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(j) Limitations on Professional Development Travel and 
Transportation Allowances.--A travel or transportation allowance may be 
provided under this subchapter for a member of the uniformed services 
to travel to obtain professional development training only if such 
training--
            ``(1) relates to the military occupational specialty of the 
        member; and
            ``(2) does not include activities or events--
                    ``(A) related to the sexual orientation of the 
                member; or
                    ``(B) that promote the sex, race, or religion of 
                the member as superior or inferior to another sex, 
                race, or religion.''.
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