S.Amdt. 2508

SA 2508. Mr. MANCHIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr.
McCain) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2019 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 D of title III, add the following:

SEC. 340. TRANSPORTATION TO CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES OF
RETIRED MILITARY WORKING DOGS OUTSIDE THE
CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES THAT ARE SUITABLE FOR
ADOPTION IN THE UNITED STATES.

Section 2583(f) of title 10, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(3)(A) In the case of a military working dog located
outside the continental United States (OCONUS) at the time of
retirement that is suitable for adoption at that time, the
Secretary of the military department concerned shall
undertake transportation of the dog to the continental United
States (including transportation by contract at United States
expense) for adoption under this section unless--
``(i) the dog is adopted as described in paragraph (2)(A);
or
``(ii) transportation of the dog to the continental United
States would not be in the best interests of the dog for
medical reasons.
``(B) Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to alter
the preference in adoption of retired military working dogs
for former handlers as set forth in subsection (g).''.
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