[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 180 (Wednesday, December 18, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8981-S8982]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 2600. Ms. AYOTTE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill H.R. 3304, to authorize the President to award the 
Medal of Honor to Bennie G. Adkins and Donald P. Sloat of the United 
States Army for acts of valor during the Vietnam Conflict and to 
authorize the award of the Medal of Honor to certain other veterans who 
were previously recommended for award of the Medal of Honor; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle I of title X, add the following:

     SEC. __. REPEAL OF ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT OF RETIRED PAY FOR 
                   MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES UNDER THE AGE OF 
                   62.

       (a) Repeal.--Effective immediately after the enactment of 
     the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013, section 403 of the 
     Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 is repealed.
       (b) Social Security Number Required to Claim the Refundable 
     Portion of the Child Tax Credit.--
       (1) In general.--Subsection (d) of section 24 of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end 
     the following new paragraph:
       ``(5) Identification requirement with respect to 
     taxpayer.--
       ``(A) In general.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any 
     taxpayer for any taxable year unless the taxpayer includes 
     the taxpayer's Social Security number on the return of tax 
     for such taxable year.
       ``(B) Joint returns.--In the case of a joint return, the 
     requirement of subparagraph (A) shall be treated as met if 
     the Social Security number of either spouse is included on 
     such return.
       ``(C) Limitation.--Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to the 
     extent the tentative minimum tax (as defined in section 
     55(b)(1)(A)) exceeds the credit allowed under section 32.''.

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       (2) Omission treated as mathematical or clerical error.--
     Subparagraph (I) of section 6213(g)(2) of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:
       ``(I) an omission of a correct Social Security number 
     required under section 24(d)(5) (relating to refundable 
     portion of child tax credit), or a correct TIN under section 
     24(e) (relating to child tax credit), to be included on a 
     return,''.
       (3) Conforming amendment.--Subsection (e) of section 24 of 
     the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting 
     ``With Respect to Qualifying Children'' after 
     ``Identification Requirement'' in the heading thereof.
       (4) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection 
     shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.
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  SA 2601. Ms. AYOTTE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill H.R. 3304, to authorize the President to award the 
Medal of Honor to Bennie G. Adkins and Donald P. Sloat of the United 
States Army for acts of valor during the Vietnam Conflict and to 
authorize the award of the Medal of Honor to certain other veterans who 
were previously recommended for award of the Medal of Honor; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle I of title X, add the following:

     SEC. __. REPEAL OF ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT OF RETIRED PAY FOR 
                   MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES UNDER THE AGE OF 
                   62.

       (a) Repeal.--Effective immediately after the enactment of 
     the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013, section 403 of the 
     Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 is repealed.
       (b) Standard Utility Allowances Based on the Receipt of 
     Energy Assistance Payments.--
       (1) Standard utility allowance.--Section 5 of the Food and 
     Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014) is amended--
       (A) in subsection (e)(6)(C), by striking clause (iv); and
       (B) in subsection (k), by striking paragraph (4) and 
     inserting the following:
       ``(4) Third party energy assistance payments.--For purposes 
     of subsection (d)(1), a payment made under a State law (other 
     than a law referred to in paragraph (2)(G)) to provide energy 
     assistance to a household shall be considered money payable 
     directly to the household.''.
       (2) Conforming amendments.--Section 2605(f)(2) of the Low-
     Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 
     8624(f)(2)) is amended--
       (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
     ``and for purposes of determining any excess shelter expense 
     deduction under section 5(e) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
     2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(e))''; and
       (B) in subparagraph (A), by inserting before the semicolon 
     at the end the following: `` , except that such payments or 
     allowances shall not be considered to be expended for 
     purposes of determining any excess shelter expense deduction 
     under section 5(e)(6) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
     (7 U.S.C. 2014(e)(6))''.
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  SA 2602. Mr. CORNYN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 3304, to authorize the President to award the 
Medal of Honor to Bennie G. Adkins and Donald P. Sloat of the United 
States Army for acts of valor during the Vietnam Conflict and to 
authorize the award of the Medal of Honor to certain other veterans who 
were previously recommended for award of the Medal of Honor; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. MEDALS FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND CIVILIAN 
                   EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE WHO WERE 
                   KILLED OR WOUNDED IN AN ATTACK PERPETRATED BY A 
                   HOMEGROWN VIOLENT EXTREMIST WHO WAS INSPIRED OR 
                   MOTIVATED BY A FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.

       (a) Purple Heart.--
       (1) Award.--
       (A) In general.--Chapter 57 of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended by inserting after section 1129 the 
     following new section:

     ``Sec. 1129a. Purple Heart: members killed or wounded in 
       attacks of homegrown violent extremists motivated or 
       inspired by foreign terrorist organizations

       ``(a) In General.--For purposes of the award of the Purple 
     Heart, the Secretary concerned shall treat a member of the 
     armed forces described in subsection (b) in the same manner 
     as a member who is killed or wounded as a result of an 
     international terrorist attack against the United States.
       ``(b) Covered Members.--A member described in this 
     subsection is a member on active duty who was killed or 
     wounded in an attack perpetrated by a homegrown violent 
     extremist who was inspired or motivated to engage in violent 
     action by a foreign terrorist organization in circumstances 
     where the death or wound is the result of an attack targeted 
     on the member due to such member's status as a member of the 
     armed forces, unless the death or wound is the result of 
     willful misconduct of the member.
       ``(c) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) The term `foreign terrorist organization' means an 
     entity designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the 
     Secretary of State pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration 
     and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189).
       ``(2) The term `homegrown violent extremist' shall have the 
     meaning given that term by the Secretary of Defense in 
     regulations prescribed for purposes of this section.''.
       (B) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of chapter 57 of such title is amended by inserting 
     after the item relating to section 1129 the following new 
     item:
       ``1129a. Purple Heart: members killed or wounded in attacks 
           of homegrown violent extremists motivated or inspired 
           by foreign terrorist organizations.''.
       (2) Retroactive effective date and application.--
       (A) Effective date.--The amendments made by paragraph (1) 
     shall take effect as of September 11, 2001.
       (B) Review of certain previous incidents.--The Secretaries 
     concerned shall undertake a review of each death or wounding 
     of a member of the Armed Forces that occurred between 
     September 11, 2001, and the date of the enactment of this Act 
     under circumstances that could qualify as being the result of 
     the attack of a homegrown violent extremist as described in 
     section 1129a of title 10, United States Code (as added by 
     paragraph (1)), to determine whether the death or wounding 
     qualifies as a death or wounding resulting from a homegrown 
     violent extremist attack motivated or inspired by a foreign 
     terrorist organization for purposes of the award of the 
     Purple Heart pursuant to such section (as so added).
       (C) Actions following review.--If the death or wounding of 
     a member of the Armed Forces reviewed under subparagraph (B) 
     is determined to qualify as a death or wounding resulting 
     from a homegrown violent extremist attack motivated or 
     inspired by a foreign terrorist organization as described in 
     section 1129a of title 10, United States Code (as so added), 
     the Secretary concerned shall take appropriate action under 
     such section to award the Purple Heart to the member.
       (D) Secretary concerned defined.--In this paragraph, the 
     term ``Secretary concerned'' has the meaning given that term 
     in section 101(a)(9) of title 10, United States Code.
       (b) Secretary of Defense Medal for the Defense of 
     Freedom.--
       (1) Review of the november 5, 2009 attack at fort hood, 
     texas.--If the Secretary concerned determines, after a review 
     under subsection (a)(2)(B) regarding the attack that occurred 
     at Fort Hood, Texas, on November 5, 2009, that the death or 
     wounding of any member of the Armed Forces in that attack 
     qualified as a death or wounding resulting from a homegrown 
     violent extremist attack motivated or inspired by a foreign 
     terrorist organization as described in section 1129a of title 
     10, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)), the 
     Secretary of Defense shall make a determination as to whether 
     the death or wounding of any civilian employee of the 
     Department of Defense or civilian contractor in the same 
     attack meets the eligibility criteria for the award of the 
     Secretary of Defense Medal for the Defense of Freedom.
       (2) Award.--If the Secretary of Defense determines under 
     paragraph (1) that the death or wounding of any civilian 
     employee of the Department of Defense or civilian contractor 
     in the attack that occurred at Fort Hood, Texas, on November 
     5, 2009, meets the eligibility criteria for the award of the 
     Secretary of Defense Medal for the Defense of Freedom, the 
     Secretary shall take appropriate action to award the 
     Secretary of Defense Medal for the Defense of Freedom to the 
     employee or contractor.

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