S.Amdt. 425

SA 425. Mr. MARSHALL (for himself, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. Welch)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S.
2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 appropriate place in title VI, insert the following:

SEC. 6__. REPORT ON CREDIT AND DEBIT CARD USER FEES IMPOSED
ON VETERANS AND CAREGIVERS AT COMMISSARY STORES
AND MORALE, WELFARE, AND RECREATION FACILITIES.

(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to Congress a report on the imposition of user fees
under subsection (g) of section 1065 of title 10, United
States Code, with respect to the use of credit or debit cards
at commissary stores and MWR facilities by individuals
eligible to use commissary stores and MWR facilities under
that section.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
provide the following, for the fiscal year preceding
submission of the report:
(1) The total amount of expenses borne on behalf of
commissary stores and MWR facilities associated with the use
of credit or debit cards for customer purchases by
individuals described in subsection (a), including expenses
related to card network use and related transaction
processing fees.
(2) The total amount of fees related to credit and debit
card network use and related transaction processing paid on
behalf of commissary stores and MWR facilities to credit and
debit card networks and issuers.

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(3) An identification of all credit and debit card networks
to which fees described in paragraph (2) were paid.
(4) An identification of the 10 credit card issuers and the
10 debit card issuers which received the most fees described
in paragraph (2).
(5) The total amount of user fees imposed on individuals
under section 1065(g) of title 10, United States Code, who
are--
(A) veterans who were awarded the Purple Heart;
(B) veterans who were Medal of Honor recipients;
(C) veterans who are former prisoners of war;
(D) veterans with a service-connected disability; and
(E) caregivers or family caregivers of a veteran.
(c) Definitions.--In this section, the terms ``caregiver'',
``family caregiver'', and ``MWR facilities'' have the
meanings given those terms in section 1065(h) of title 10,
United States Code.
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