[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 88 (Wednesday, June 3, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3698]
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SA 1529. Mr. WYDEN 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:
Strike section 352 and insert the following:
SEC. 352. RETIREMENT OF MILITARY WORKING DOGS IN THE UNITED
STATES.
(a) In General.--Section 2583(f) of title 10, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as
subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively;
(2) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``If the Secretary'';
(3) in paragraph (1), as designated by paragraph (2) of
this subsection--
(A) by striking ``, and no suitable adoption is available
at the military facility where the dog is location, the
Secretary may'' and inserting ``the Secretary shall''; and
(B) in subparagraph (B), as designated by paragraph (1) of
this subsection, by inserting ``within the United States''
after ``to another location''; and
(4) by adding at the end the following new paragraph (2):
``(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply if a United States
citizen living abroad adopts the dog at the time of
retirement.''.
(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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