[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2596-S2597]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 425. 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 appropriate place in title VI, insert the following:

     SEC. 6__. REPORT ON CREDIT AND DEBIT CARD USER FEES IMPOSED 
                   ON VETERANS AND CAREGIVERS AT COMMISSARY STORES 
                   AND MORALE, WELFARE, AND RECREATION FACILITIES.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 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 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 on 
     behalf of commissary stores and MWR facilities to credit and 
     debit card networks and issuers.

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       (3) An identification of all credit and debit card networks 
     to which fees described in paragraph (2) were paid.
       (4) An identification of the 10 credit card issuers and the 
     10 debit card issuers which received 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.
       (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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