[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3551]
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  SA 2130. Ms. McSALLY 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:

       At the end of subtitle E of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1052. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROVISION OF VETERINARY CARE 
                   FOR RETIRED MILITARY WORKING DOGS AND ADOPTION 
                   OF MILITARY ANIMALS.

       (a) In General.--Section 994 of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a);
       (A) by striking ``establish and maintain a system to'';
       (B) by striking ``for the veterinary care of'' and 
     inserting ``veterinary care for''; and
       (C) by striking the second sentence;
       (2) in subsection (b), by inserting ``that the Secretary of 
     the military department concerned determines is suitable for 
     adoption or is'' before ``adopted''; and
       (3) in subsection (c), by striking ``the system authorized 
     by''.
       (b) Multi-Year Agreements With Other Entities.--Such 
     section is further amended by adding at the end the following 
     new subsection:
       ``(d) Acceptance and Use of Donated Funds.--(1) The 
     Secretary of Defense may accept donations of funds, gifts, 
     and in-kind contributions for the purpose of providing long-
     term care for any military working dog adopted under section 
     2583 of this title. Any amount so accepted shall be available 
     without further appropriation and without fiscal year 
     limitation.
       ``(2) The Secretary of Defense may enter into a multi-year 
     agreement with a veterans service organization or appropriate 
     nonprofit entity under which--
       ``(A) the organization or entity may solicit and accept 
     donations of funds on behalf of the Department of Defense 
     pursuant to paragraph (1); and
       ``(B) the organization or entity agrees to transfer any 
     funds accepted pursuant to such an agreement to the 
     Department of Defense.
       ``(3) In this subsection, the term `veterans service 
     organization' means an organization recognized by the 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs for the representation of 
     veterans under section 5902 of title 38.''.
       (c) Prohibition on Charge for Adoption of Military 
     Animals.--Section 2583(d) of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended by striking ``may'' and inserting ``shall''.
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