[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S4851]
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SA 2527. Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself and Mr. Schumer) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4638, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 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 I of title V, add the insert the
following:
SEC. 597B. PROGRAM OF MILITARY RECRUITMENT AND EDUCATION AT
THE NATIONAL SEPTEMBER 11 MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM.
(a) Authority.--Not later than September 30, 2025, the
Secretary of Defense shall seek to enter into an agreement
with the entity that operates the National September 11
Memorial and Museum (in this section referred to as ``the
Museum'') under which the Secretary and such entity shall
carry out a program at the Museum to promote military
recruitment and education.
(b) Program.--A program under subsection (a) shall include
the following:
(1) Provision by the Secretary to such entity of
informational materials to promote enlistment in the covered
Armed Forces for distribution at the Museum.
(2) Education and exhibits, developed jointly by the
Secretary and such entity, and provided to the public by
employees of the Museum, to--
(A) enhance understanding of the military response to the
attacks on September 11, 2001; and
(B) encourage enlistment and re-enlistment in the covered
Armed Forces.
(c) Covered Armed Forces Defined.--In this section, the
term ``covered Armed Forces'' means the Army, Navy, Marine
Corps, Air Force, and Space Force.
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