S.Amdt. 2698

SA 2698. Mr. THUNE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2025 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 H of title V, add the following:

SEC. 594. RECOGNITION OF MILITARY OLYMPIC COMPETITION.

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

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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.
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