S.Amdt. 6122

SA 6122. Mr. THUNE 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 G of title V, add the following:

SEC. 589. RECOGNITION OF MILITARY OLYMPIC COMPETITION.

(a) Wear of Olympic Medals.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall direct each military department to review its respective uniform and insignia policies and, where applicable, add references to Olympic and Paralympic medals.

(b) Report on the Establishment of Ribbon.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall report on the feasibility and cost of establishing a service ribbon to be awarded to any member of the Armed Forces who has competed as an Olympic or Paralympic athlete on Team USA to designate that competition. The ribbon considered by such report shall--

(1) be called the “Olympic Competition Ribbon”;

(2) incorporate the colors of the Olympic rings;

(3) not have an accompanying medal;

(4) have authorized appurtenances to be affixed to the ribbon to signify any Olympic or Paralympic medal won while competing for Team USA;

(5) be assigned a position in the order of award precedence as determined by each military department; and

(6) be awarded retroactively to any eligible member of the Armed Forces.