S.Amdt. 2130

SA 2130. Ms. McSALLY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2021 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 E of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1052. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROVISION OF VETERINARY CARE
FOR RETIRED MILITARY WORKING DOGS AND ADOPTION
OF MILITARY ANIMALS.

(a) In General.--Section 994 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a);
(A) by striking ``establish and maintain a system to'';
(B) by striking ``for the veterinary care of'' and
inserting ``veterinary care for''; and
(C) by striking the second sentence;
(2) in subsection (b), by inserting ``that the Secretary of
the military department concerned determines is suitable for
adoption or is'' before ``adopted''; and
(3) in subsection (c), by striking ``the system authorized
by''.
(b) Multi-Year Agreements With Other Entities.--Such
section is further amended by adding at the end the following
new subsection:
``(d) Acceptance and Use of Donated Funds.--(1) The
Secretary of Defense may accept donations of funds, gifts,
and in-kind contributions for the purpose of providing long-
term care for any military working dog adopted under section
2583 of this title. Any amount so accepted shall be available
without further appropriation and without fiscal year
limitation.
``(2) The Secretary of Defense may enter into a multi-year
agreement with a veterans service organization or appropriate
nonprofit entity under which--
``(A) the organization or entity may solicit and accept
donations of funds on behalf of the Department of Defense
pursuant to paragraph (1); and
``(B) the organization or entity agrees to transfer any
funds accepted pursuant to such an agreement to the
Department of Defense.
``(3) In this subsection, the term `veterans service
organization' means an organization recognized by the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs for the representation of
veterans under section 5902 of title 38.''.
(c) Prohibition on Charge for Adoption of Military
Animals.--Section 2583(d) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by striking ``may'' and inserting ``shall''.
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