[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 119 (Wednesday, July 12, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2378]
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  SA 177. Mr. MARSHALL (for himself, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. Welch) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 
2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 C of title VI, add the following:

     SEC. 633. REPORT ON CREDIT AND DEBIT CARD USER FEES IMPOSED 
                   ON VETERANS AND CAREGIVERS AT COMMISSARY STORES 
                   AND MWR FACILITIES.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall submit 
     to Congress a report on the imposition of user fees under 
     subsection (g) of section 1065 of title 10, United States 
     Code, with respect to the use of credit or debit cards at 
     commissary stores and MWR facilities by individuals eligible 
     to use commissary stores and MWR facilities under that 
     section.
       (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     provide the following, for the fiscal year preceding 
     submission of the report:
       (1) The total amount of expenses borne by the Department of 
     the Treasury on behalf of commissary stores and MWR 
     facilities associated with the use of credit or debit cards 
     for customer purchases by individuals described in subsection 
     (a), including expenses related to card network use and 
     related transaction processing fees.
       (2) The total amount of fees related to credit and debit 
     card network use and related transaction processing paid by 
     the Department of the Treasury on behalf of commissary stores 
     and MWR facilities to credit and debit card networks and 
     issuers.
       (3) An identification of all credit and debit card networks 
     to which the Department of the Treasury paid fees described 
     in paragraph (2).
       (4) An identification of the 10 credit card issuers and the 
     10 debit card issuers to which the Department of the Treasury 
     paid the most fees described in paragraph (2).
       (5) The total amount of user fees imposed on individuals 
     under section 1065(g) of title 10, United States Code, who 
     are--
       (A) veterans who were awarded the Purple Heart;
       (B) veterans who were Medal of Honor recipients;
       (C) veterans who are former prisoners of war;
       (D) veterans with a service-connected disability; and
       (E) caregivers or family caregivers of a veteran.
       (6) The total amount of fees described in paragraph (2) 
     that were reimbursed to the Department of the Treasury by 
     credit and debit card networks and issuers in order to spare 
     individuals described in subsection (a) from being charged 
     user fees for credit and debit card use at commissary stores 
     or MWR retail facilities.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section, the terms ``caregiver'', 
     ``family caregiver'', and ``MWR facilities'' have the 
     meanings given those terms in section 1065(h) of title 10, 
     United States Code.
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