[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 88 (Wednesday, June 3, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3690]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1493. Mr. McCAIN (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mr. Wicker) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1463 
proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       Insert after section 342 the following:

     SEC. 342A. PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTS TO FACILITATE PAYMENTS 
                   FOR HONORING MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AT 
                   SPORTING EVENTS.

       (a) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that--
       (1) the Army National Guard has paid professional sports 
     organizations to honor members of the Armed Forces;
       (2) any organization wishing to honor members of the Armed 
     Forces should do so on a voluntary basis, and the Department 
     of Defense should take action to ensure that no payments be 
     made for such activities in the future; and
       (3) any organization, including the National Football 
     League, that has accepted taxpayer funds to honor members of 
     the Armed Forces should consider directing an equivalent 
     amount of funding in the form of a donation to a charitable 
     organization that supports members of the Armed Forces, 
     veterans, and their families.
       (b) Prohibition.--
       (1) In general.--Subchapter I of chapter 134 of title 10, 
     United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 
     2241a the following new section:

     ``Sec. 2241b. Prohibition on contracts providing payments for 
       activities to honor members of the armed forces

       ``(a) Prohibition.--The Department of Defense may not enter 
     into any contract or other agreement under which payments are 
     to be made in exchange for activities by the contractor 
     intended to honor, or giving the appearance of honoring, 
     members of the armed forces (whether members of the regular 
     components or the reserve components) at any form of sporting 
     event.
       ``(b) Construction.--Nothing in subsection (a) shall be 
     construed as prohibiting the Department from taking actions 
     to facilitate activities intended to honor members of the 
     armed forces at sporting events that are provided on a pro 
     bono basis if such activities are provided and received in 
     accordance with applicable rules and regulations regarding 
     the acceptance of gifts by the military departments, the 
     armed forces, and members of the armed forces.''.
       (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of subchapter I of chapter 134 of such title is 
     amended by inserting after the item relating to section 2241a 
     the following new item:

``2241b. Prohibition on contracts providing payments for activities to 
              honor members of the armed forces at sporting events.''.
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