[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 139 (Wednesday, August 5, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S4951]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2578. Ms. ERNST submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2499 proposed by Mr. McConnell to the bill S. 178, to 
condemn gross human rights violations of ethnic Turkic Muslims in 
Xinjiang, and calling for an end to arbitrary detention, torture, and 
harassment of these communities inside and outside China; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. HAZARDOUS DUTY PAY FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES 
                   PERFORMING DUTY IN RESPONSE TO THE CORONAVIRUS 
                   DISEASE 2019.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of the military department 
     concerned shall pay hazardous duty pay under this section to 
     a member of a regular or reserve component of the Armed 
     Forces who--
       (1) performs duty in response to the Coronavirus Disease 
     2019 (COVID-19); and
       (2) is entitled to basic pay under section 204 of title 37, 
     United States Code, or compensation under section 206 of such 
     title, for the performance of such duty.
       (b) Regulations.--Hazardous duty pay shall be payable under 
     this section in accordance with regulations prescribed by the 
     Secretary of Defense. Such regulations shall specify the duty 
     in response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 qualifying a 
     member for payment of such pay under this section.
       (c) Amount.--The amount of hazardous duty pay paid a member 
     under this section shall be such amount per month, not less 
     than $150 per month, as the Secretary of Defense shall 
     specify in the regulations under subsection (b).
       (d) Monthly Payment; No Proration.--
       (1) Monthly payment.--Hazardous duty pay under this section 
     shall be paid on a monthly basis.
       (2) No proration.--Hazardous duty pay is payable to a 
     member under this section for a month if the member performs 
     any duty in that month qualifying the person for payment of 
     such pay.
       (e) Months for Which Payable.--Hazardous duty pay is 
     payable under this section for qualifying duty performed in 
     months occurring during the period--
       (1) beginning on January 1, 2020; and
       (2) ending on December 31, 2020.
       (f) Construction With Other Pay.--Hazardous duty pay 
     payable to a member under this section is in addition to the 
     following:
       (1) Any other pay and allowances to which the member is 
     entitled by law.
       (2) Any other hazardous duty pay to which the member is 
     entitled under section 351 of title 37, United States Code 
     (or any other provision of law), for duty that also 
     constitutes qualifying duty for payment of such pay under 
     this section.
       (g) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that 
     the Secretary of Defense should also authorize hazardous duty 
     pay for members of the Armed Forces not under orders specific 
     to the response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 who provide--
       (1) healthcare in a military medical treatment facility for 
     individuals infected with the Coronavirus Disease 2019; or
       (2) technical or administrative support for the provision 
     of healthcare as described in paragraph (1).
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