[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3569]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2177. Ms. ERNST (for herself and Mr. Merkley) 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 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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