[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 102 (Tuesday, June 18, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3693]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 676. Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. Cotton, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. 
Van Hollen, and Mr. Cardin) submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2020 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 C of title X, add the following:

     SEC. ___. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE NAMING OF A NAVAL VESSEL 
                   IN HONOR OF SENIOR CHIEF PETTY OFFICER SHANNON 
                   KENT.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) Senior Chief Petty Officer Shannon M. Kent was born in 
     Owego, New York.
       (2) Senior Chief Petty Officer Kent enlisted in the United 
     States Navy on December 10, 2003.
       (3) Senior Chief Petty Officer Kent was fluent in four 
     languages and four dialects of Arabic.
       (4) Senior Chief Petty Officer Kent served five combat 
     tours throughout 15 years of service in the Navy.
       (5) On January 16, 2019, at 35 years of age, Senior Chief 
     Petty Officer Kent was killed in a suicide bombing in Manbij, 
     Syria, while supporting Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent 
     Resolve.
       (6) Senior Chief Petty Officer Kent was the recipient of 
     the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, two Joint Service 
     Commendation Medals, the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation 
     Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, and the Joint Service 
     Achievement Medal, among other decorations and awards.
       (7) Senior Chief Petty Officer Kent was among the first 
     women to deploy with Special Operations Forces and was the 
     first female to graduate from the hard skills program for 
     non-SEALs.
       (8) Senior Chief Petty Officer Kent is survived by her 
     husband and two children.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the Secretary of the Navy should name the next available 
     naval vessel appropriate for such name in honor of Senior 
     Chief Petty Officer Shannon Kent.
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