S.Amdt. 5905

SA 5905. Mr. BOOKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 A of title VI, add the following:

SEC. 606. REIMBURSEMENT FOR TRANSPORTATION OF PETS FOR MEMBERS MAKING A PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION.

Section 453 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

“(h) Reimbursement for Transportation of Pets for Members Making a Permanent Change of Station.--

“(1) Pet quarantine fees.--The Secretary concerned may reimburse a member of a uniformed service who is ordered to make a permanent change of station for mandatory pet quarantine fees for household pets, but not to exceed $550 per change of station, when the member incurs the fees incident to such change of station.

“(2) Transportation to or from duty station abroad.--The Secretary concerned may reimburse a member of a uniformed service who is ordered to make a permanent change of station between a duty station in the United States and a duty station in a foreign country for transportation of household pets in an amount not to exceed $4,000 per change of station.”.