[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 130 (Wednesday, July 31, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S5217]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   AUTHORIZING THE HONORARY PROMOTION OF COLONEL CHARLES E. MCGEE TO 
            BRIGADIER GENERAL IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Armed Services be discharged from further consideration of S. 2052 
and that the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 2052) to authorize the honorary promotion of 
     Colonel Charles E. McGee to brigadier general in the United 
     States Air Force.

  There being no objection, the committee was discharged, and the 
Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. CORNYN. I ask unanimous consent that the Van Hollen amendment, 
which is at the desk, be considered and agreed to; that the bill, as 
amended, be considered read a third time and passed; and that the 
motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no 
intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 933) was agreed to as follows:

(Purpose: To prohibit entitlement to benefits by reason of the honorary 
                               promotion)

       At the end, add the following:

     SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON BENEFITS.

       No person is entitled to any bonus, gratuity, pay, or 
     allowance by reason of section 1.
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading and was read 
the third time.
  The bill (S. 2052), as amended, was passed as follows:


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  On page S5217, July 31, 2019, first and second columns, the 
following appears:The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third 
reading and was read the third time. Mr. CORNYN. I know of no 
further debate on the bill. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there 
further debate on the bill? Hearing none, the bill having been 
read the third time, the question is, Shall the bill pass? The 
bill (S. 2052), as amended, was passed as follows:
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: The bill was 
ordered to be engrossed for a third reading and was read the third 
time. The bill (S. 2052), as amended, was passed as follows:


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                                S. 2052

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. AUTHORITY FOR HONORARY PROMOTION OF COLONEL 
                   CHARLES E. MCGEE TO BRIGADIER GENERAL IN THE 
                   UNITED STATES AIR FORCE.

       The President is authorized to issue an appropriate 
     honorary commission promoting to brigadier general in the Air 
     Force Colonel Charles E. McGee, United States Air Force 
     (retired), a distinguished Tuskegee Airman whose honorary 
     promotion to that grade has the recommendation of the 
     Secretary of the Air Force in accordance with the provisions 
     of section 1563 of title 10, United States Code.

     SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON BENEFITS.

       No person is entitled to any bonus, gratuity, pay, or 
     allowance by reason of section 1.

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