S.Amdt. 300

SA 300. Mr. MANCHIN (for himself, Mrs. Capito, and Mr. Romney)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S.
1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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 G of title V, add the following:

SEC. 589. HONORING THE LAST SURVIVING MEDAL OF HONOR
RECIPIENT OF WORLD WAR II.

(a) Use of Rotunda.--The individual who is the last
surviving recipient of the Medal of Honor for acts performed
during World War II shall be permitted to lie in state in the
rotunda of the Capitol upon death, if the individual (or the
next of kin of the individual) so elects.
(b) Implementation.--The Architect of the Capitol, under
the direction of the President pro tempore of the Senate and
the Speaker of the House of Representatives, shall take the
necessary steps to implement subsection (a).

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