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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1669 

To provide for proper reimbursement of the Department of Defense for 

assistance provided to nongovernmental entertainment-oriented media 

producers. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 7, 2013 

Mr. HEINRICH (for himself and Mr. VITTER) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To provide for proper reimbursement of the Department 

of Defense for assistance provided to nongovernmental 

entertainment-oriented media producers. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Equitable Re5 imbursement Act of 2013’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REIMBURSEMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

2 FOR ASSISTANCE PROVIDED TO NONGOVERN3 MENTAL ENTERTAINMENT-ORIENTED MEDIA 

4 PRODUCERS. 

5 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find6 ings: 

7 (1) The Department of Defense benefits when 

8 the entertainment industry produces media por9 traying the skill, heroism, capability, and challenges 

10 of members of the Armed Forces and their families 

11 through increased morale, better recruitment and re12 tention, and improved understanding by the public. 

13 (2) The Department of Defense is in often the 

14 best position to ensure realism in productions. 

15 (3) The Department of Defense is sometimes 

16 forced to decline assisting in productions because ex17 penses incurred are not reimbursed to the accounts 

18 withdrawn. 

19 (b) REIMBURSEMENT.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 

21 134 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 

22 inserting after section 2263 the following new sec23 tion: 


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1 ‘‘§ 2264. Reimbursement for assistance provided to 

2 nongovernmental entertainment-oriented 

3 media producers 

4 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be credited to the 

5 applicable appropriations account or fund from which the 

6 expenses described in subsection (b) were charged any 

7 amounts received by the Department of Defense as reim8 bursement for such expenses. 

9 ‘‘(b) DESCRIPTION OF EXPENSES.—The expenses re10 ferred to in subsection (a) are any expenses— 

11 ‘‘(1) incurred by the Department of Defense as 

12 a result of providing assistance to a nongovern13 mental entertainment-oriented media producer; 

14 ‘‘(2) for which the Department of Defense re15 quires reimbursement under section 9701 of title 31, 

16 United States Code, or any other provision of law; 

17 and 

18 ‘‘(3) for which the Department of Defense re19 ceived reimbursement after the date of the enact20 ment of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

21 Fiscal Year 2014.’’. 

22 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec23 tions at the beginning of such subchapter is amend24 ed by adding after the item relating to section 2263 

25 the following new item: 


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‘‘2264. Reimbursement for assistance provided to nongovernmental entertainment-oriented media producers.’’. 

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