[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 190 (Thursday, October 28, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7512]
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SA 4038. Mr. MANCHIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed
to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022
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:
SEC. 1043. HONORING THE LAST SURVIVING MEDAL OF HONOR
RECIPIENT OF WORLD WAR II.
(a) Use of Rotunda.--The individual who is the last
surviving recipient of the Medal of Honor for acts performed
during World War II shall be permitted to lie in state in the
rotunda of the Capitol upon death, if the individual (or the
next of kin of the individual) so elects.
(b) Implementation.--The Architect of the Capitol, under
the direction of the President pro tempore of the Senate and
the Speaker of the House of Representatives, shall take the
necessary steps to implement subsection (a).
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