S.Amdt. 3216

SA 3216. Mr. MARSHALL (for himself and Mr. Durbin) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2296, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 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 C of title VI, add the following:

SEC. 629. REPORT ON CREDIT AND DEBIT CARD USER FEES IMPOSED
ON VETERANS AND CAREGIVERS AT COMMISSARY STORES
AND MWR FACILITIES.

(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, 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 by the Department of
the Treasury on behalf of

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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 by
the Department of the Treasury on behalf of commissary stores
and MWR facilities to credit and debit card networks and
issuers.
(3) An identification of all credit and debit card networks
to which the Department of the Treasury paid fees described
in paragraph (2).
(4) An identification of the 10 credit card issuers and the
10 debit card issuers to which the Department of the Treasury
paid 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.
(6) The total amount of fees described in paragraph (2)
that were reimbursed to the Department of the Treasury by
credit and debit card networks and issuers in order to spare
individuals described in subsection (a) from being charged
user fees for credit and debit card use at commissary stores
or MWR retail facilities.
(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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