S.Amdt. 3063
What it does: Adds SEC. 1536. SENSE OF SENATE THAT THE UNITED STATES SHOULD LEAVE NO MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES UNACCOUNTED FOR IN THE WITHDRAWAL OF FORCES FROM AFGHANISTAN at the end of subtitle C of title XV
Sen. Patrick J. Toomey (R-PA)What it changes
1 change to S. 3254 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 1536. SENSE OF SENATE THAT THE UNITED STATES SHOULD LEAVE NO MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES UNACCOUNTED FOR IN THE WITHDRAWAL OF FORCES FROM AFGHANISTAN at the end of subtitle C of title XV
Adds a sectionIn S. 3254 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(3) Form.--The report required by paragraph (2) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
Inserted: SEC. 1536. SENSE OF SENATE THAT THE UNITED STATES SHOULD LEAVE NO MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES UNACCOUNTED FOR IN THE WITHDRAWAL OF FORCES FROM AFGHANISTAN.
Inserted: (a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
Inserted: (1) The United States is a Nation of great honor and integrity.
Inserted: (2) The United States has made a sacred promise to members of the Armed Forces who are deployed overseas in defense of this country that their sacrifice and service will never be forgotten.
Inserted: (3) The United States can never thank the proud members of the Armed Forces enough for what they do for this country on a daily basis.
Inserted: (b) Sense of Senate.--The Senate--
Inserted: (1) believes that abandoning the search efforts for members of the Armed Forces who are missing or captured in the line of duty now or in the future is unacceptable;
Inserted: (2) believes that the United States has a responsibility to keep the promises made to members of the Armed Forces who risk their lives on a daily basis on behalf of their fellow Americans;
Inserted: (3) supports the United States Soldier's Creed and the Warrior Ethos, which state that "I will never leave a fallen comrade"; and
Inserted: (4) believes that, while the United States is beginning the strategic withdrawal of forces from Afghanistan, the United States must continue to fulfill these important promises to any member of the Armed Forces who is in a missing status or captured as a result of service in Afghanistan now or in the future.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle C of title XV, add the following:
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As printed
SA 3063. Mr. TOOMEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 3254, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 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 XV, add the following:
SEC. 1536. SENSE OF SENATE THAT THE UNITED STATES SHOULD LEAVE NO MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES UNACCOUNTED FOR IN THE WITHDRAWAL OF FORCES FROM AFGHANISTAN.
(a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
(1) The United States is a Nation of great honor and integrity.
(2) The United States has made a sacred promise to members of the Armed Forces who are deployed overseas in defense of this country that their sacrifice and service will never be forgotten.
(3) The United States can never thank the proud members of the Armed Forces enough for what they do for this country on a daily basis.
(b) Sense of Senate.--The Senate--
(1) believes that abandoning the search efforts for members of the Armed Forces who are missing or captured in the line of duty now or in the future is unacceptable;
(2) believes that the United States has a responsibility to keep the promises made to members of the Armed Forces who risk their lives on a daily basis on behalf of their fellow Americans;
(3) supports the United States Soldier's Creed and the Warrior Ethos, which state that “I will never leave a fallen comrade”; and
(4) believes that, while the United States is beginning the strategic withdrawal of forces from Afghanistan, the United States must continue to fulfill these important promises to any member of the Armed Forces who is in a missing status or captured as a result of service in Afghanistan now or in the future.
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Senate amendment submitted
November 28, 2012