S.Amdt. 572

SA 572. Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Cardin, Mr.
Van Hollen, and Mr. Cotton) 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:

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At the end of subtitle C of title X, add the following:

SEC. ___. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE NAMING OF A NAVAL VESSEL
IN HONOR OF SENIOR CHIEF PETTY OFFICER SHANNON
KENT.

(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Senior Chief Petty Officer Shannon M. Kent was born in
Pine Plains, New York.
(2) Senior Chief Petty Officer Kent enlisted in the United
States Navy on December 11, 2003.
(3) Senior Chief Petty Officer Kent was fluent in five
languages and six dialects of Arabic.
(4) Senior Chief Petty Officer Kent served five combat
tours throughout 15 years of service in the Navy.
(5) On January 16, 2019, at 35 years of age, Senior Chief
Petty Officer Kent was killed in a suicide bombing in Manbij,
Syria, while supporting Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent
Resolve.
(6) Senior Chief Petty Officer Kent was the recipient of
the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, two Joint Service
Commendation Medals, the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation
Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, and the Joint Service
Achievement Medal, among other decorations and awards.
(7) Senior Chief Petty Officer Kent was among the first
women to participate in direct-action raids alongside Special
Operations Forces and served as the inspiration for numerous
initiatives designed to integrate women in the Special
Operations community.
(8) Senior Chief Petty Officer Kent is survived by her
husband and two children.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that
the Secretary of the Navy should name the next available
naval vessel appropriate for such name in honor of Senior
Chief Petty Officer Shannon Kent.
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