[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 116 (Wednesday, June 24, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3270]
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SA 1784. Mr. MENENDEZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2021 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 F of title V, add the following:
SEC. ___. REPORT ON REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURES TO IMPLEMENT
PROGRAMS ON AWARD OF MEDALS OR COMMENDATIONS TO
HANDLERS OF MILITARY WORKING DOGS.
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives a report on the regulations and other
procedures prescribed by the Secretaries of the military
departments in order to implement and carry out the programs
of the military departments on the award of medals or other
commendations to handlers of military working dogs required
by section 582 of the John S. McCain National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232;
132 Stat. 1787; 10 U.S.C. 1121 note prec.).
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