[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5666]
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  SA 6122. Mr. THUNE 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 G of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 589. RECOGNITION OF MILITARY OLYMPIC COMPETITION.

       (a) Wear of Olympic Medals.--Not later than 90 days after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
     Defense shall direct each military department to review its 
     respective uniform and insignia policies and, where 
     applicable, add references to Olympic and Paralympic medals.
       (b) Report on the Establishment of Ribbon.--Not later than 
     one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
     Secretary of Defense shall report on the feasibility and cost 
     of establishing a service ribbon to be awarded to any member 
     of the Armed Forces who has competed as an Olympic or 
     Paralympic athlete on Team USA to designate that competition. 
     The ribbon considered by such report shall--
       (1) be called the ``Olympic Competition Ribbon'';
       (2) incorporate the colors of the Olympic rings;
       (3) not have an accompanying medal;
       (4) have authorized appurtenances to be affixed to the 
     ribbon to signify any Olympic or Paralympic medal won while 
     competing for Team USA;
       (5) be assigned a position in the order of award precedence 
     as determined by each military department; and
       (6) be awarded retroactively to any eligible member of the 
     Armed Forces.
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