[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 133 (Friday, August 1, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S5340]
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  SA 3586. Ms. LUMMIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2026 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. 629. MESS FACILITY MEALS FOR MEMBERS ASSIGNED TO MISSILE 
                   ALERT FACILITIES.

       Section 402 of title 37, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection (j); and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (h) the following new 
     subsection (i):
       ``(i) Members Assigned to Missile Alert Facilities.--A 
     member of the Air Force serving on active duty who receives a 
     basic allowance for subsistence under this section may, when 
     assigned to a missile alert facility, elect--
       ``(1) to obtain meals provided in the mess facility of the 
     missile alert facility; and
       ``(2) to have the basic allowance for subsistence of the 
     member reduced by an amount the Secretary of the Air Force 
     determines is equivalent to the cost of those meals.''.
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