[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 28, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5386]
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SA 5905. Mr. BOOKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe)
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 A of title VI, add the following:
SEC. 606. REIMBURSEMENT FOR TRANSPORTATION OF PETS FOR
MEMBERS MAKING A PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION.
Section 453 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(h) Reimbursement for Transportation of Pets for Members
Making a Permanent Change of Station.--
``(1) Pet quarantine fees.--The Secretary concerned may
reimburse a member of a uniformed service who is ordered to
make a permanent change of station for mandatory pet
quarantine fees for household pets, but not to exceed $550
per change of station, when the member incurs the fees
incident to such change of station.
``(2) Transportation to or from duty station abroad.--The
Secretary concerned may reimburse a member of a uniformed
service who is ordered to make a permanent change of station
between a duty station in the United States and a duty
station in a foreign country for transportation of household
pets in an amount not to exceed $4,000 per change of
station.''.
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