[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 94 (Thursday, June 7, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3360]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2508. Mr. MANCHIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. 
McCain) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2019 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle D of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 340. TRANSPORTATION TO CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES OF 
                   RETIRED MILITARY WORKING DOGS OUTSIDE THE 
                   CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES THAT ARE SUITABLE FOR 
                   ADOPTION IN THE UNITED STATES.

       Section 2583(f) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
     by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(3)(A) In the case of a military working dog located 
     outside the continental United States (OCONUS) at the time of 
     retirement that is suitable for adoption at that time, the 
     Secretary of the military department concerned shall 
     undertake transportation of the dog to the continental United 
     States (including transportation by contract at United States 
     expense) for adoption under this section unless--
       ``(i) the dog is adopted as described in paragraph (2)(A); 
     or
       ``(ii) transportation of the dog to the continental United 
     States would not be in the best interests of the dog for 
     medical reasons.
       ``(B) Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to alter 
     the preference in adoption of retired military working dogs 
     for former handlers as set forth in subsection (g).''.
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