[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3440-S3441]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1951. Ms. ERNST submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her 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:


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       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. PROHIBITION ON THE PURCHASE OF DOGS AND CATS FROM 
                   WET MARKETS IN CHINA USING FEDERAL FUNDS.

       (a) Definition of Wet Market.--In this section, the term 
     ``wet market'' means a marketplace--
       (1) where fresh meat, fish, and live animals are bought, 
     sold, and slaughtered; and
       (2) that is not regulated under any standardized sanitary 
     or health inspection processes that meet applicable standards 
     required for similar establishments in the United States, as 
     determined by the Secretary of Agriculture.
       (b) Prohibition.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, no Federal funds made available by any law may be used 
     by the Federal Government, or any recipient of the Federal 
     funds under a contract, grant, subgrant, or other assistance, 
     to purchase from a wet market in China--
       (1) a live cat, dog, or other animal;
       (2) a carcass, any part, or any item containing any part of 
     a cat, dog, or other animal; or
       (3) any other animal product.
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