S.Amdt. 472

SA 472. Mr. BRAUN 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. TERMINATION OF EFFECTIVENESS OF REGULATIONS
PROHIBITING AWARD OF COMBAT-RELATED DECORATIONS
TO MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES SUBJECT TO
SUSPENSION OF FAVORABLE PERSONNEL ACTIONS.

Commencing not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act--
(1) any regulation or policy of the Department of Defense
or a military department that prohibits or limits the
presentation or award of a combat-related decoration to a
member of the Armed Forces who is subject to suspension of
favorable personnel actions (commonly referred to as
``flagging'') shall cease to be in effect; and
(2) combat-related decorations shall be presented or
awarded to members of the Armed Forces who are subject to a
suspension of favorable personnel actions without regard to
such regulation or policy as if such members were not such to
a suspension of favorable personnel actions.
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