S.Amdt. 2148

1. Adds SEC. 358. AUTHORITY FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR CERTAIN SPORTING EVENTS at the end of subtitle E of title III

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   Inserted: SEC. 358. AUTHORITY FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR CERTAIN SPORTING EVENTS.

   Inserted: (a) Provision of Support.--Section 2564 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--

   Inserted: (1) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:

   Inserted: "(4) A sporting event sanctioned by the United States Olympic Committee through the Paralympic Military Program.

   Inserted: "(5) Any national or international paralympic sporting event (other than a sporting event described in paragraphs (1) through (4))--

   Inserted: "(A) that--

   Inserted: "(i) is held in the United States or any of its territories or commonwealths;

   Inserted: "(ii) is governed by the International Paralympic Committee; and

   Inserted: "(iii) is sanctioned by the United States Olympic Committee;

   Inserted: "(B) for which participation exceeds 100 amateur athletes; and

   Inserted: "(C) in which at least 25 percent of the athletes participating in the sporting event are members or former members of the armed forces who are participating in the sporting event based upon an injury or wound incurred in the line of duty in the armed force and veterans who are participating in the sporting event based upon a service-connected disability."; and

   Inserted: (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:

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   Inserted: "(g) Funding for Support of Certain Events.--(1) Amounts for the provision of support for a sporting event described in paragraph (4) or (5) of subsection (c) may be derived from the Support for International Sporting Competitions, Defense account established by section 5802 of the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997 (10 U.S.C. 2564 note), notwithstanding any limitation under that section relating to the availability of funds in such account for the provision of support for international sporting competitions.

   Inserted: "(2) The total amount expended for any fiscal year to provide support for sporting events described in subsection (c)(5) may not exceed $1,000,000.".

   Inserted: (b) Source of Funds.--Section 5802 of the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997 (10 U.S.C. 2564 note) is amended--

   Inserted: (1) by inserting after "international sporting competitions" the following: "and for support of sporting competitions authorized under section 2564(c)(4) and (5), of title 10, United States Code,"; and

   Inserted: (2) by striking "45 days" and inserting "15 days".

   Original wording

   At the end of subtitle E of title III, add the following:

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