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108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2516 

To recognize the sacrifices of the members of the Armed Forces who are 

injured in combat, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 14, 2004 

Mr. PRYOR introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To recognize the sacrifices of the members of the Armed 

Forces who are injured in combat, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Service Act for Care 

5 and Relief Initiatives for Forces Injured in Combat En6 gagements of 2004’’ or ‘‘SACRIFICE of 2004’’. 

7 SEC. 2. SENSE OF SENATE. 

8 (a) FINDINGS.—The Senate makes the following 

9 findings: 
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1 (1) Members of the Armed Forces of the 

2 United States place themselves in harms way in the 

3 defense of democratic values and to keep the United 

4 States safe. 

5 (2) This call to duty has resulted in the ulti6 mate SACRIFICE of members of the Armed Forces 

7 of the United States who are killed or critically in8 jured while serving the United States. 

9 (b) SENSE OF SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen10 ate— 

11 (1) to honor the SACRIFICE of the members 

12 of the Armed Forces who have been killed or criti13 cally wounded while serving the United States; 

14 (2) to recognize the heroic efforts of the med15 ical personnel of the Armed Forces in treating 

16 wounded military personnel and civilians; and 

17 (3) to support advanced medical technologies 

18 that assist the medical personnel of the Armed 

19 Forces in saving lives and reducing disability rates 

20 for members of the Armed Forces. 

21 SEC. 3. POLICY ON TRACKING OF WOUNDED FROM COMBAT 

22 ZONES. 

23 (a) POLICY.—Not later than 120 days after the date 

24 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

25 shall— 
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1 (1) prescribe the policy of the Department of 

2 Defense for providing timely notification to the next 

3 of kin of the status, including health and location, 

4 of members of the Armed Forces who are seriously 

5 ill or injured in a combat zone; and 

6 (2) transmit to the Committees on Armed Serv7 ices of the Senate and House of Representatives a 

8 copy of the policy prescribed under subparagraph 

9 (A). 

10 (b) ELEMENTS.—The policy prescribed under sub11 section (a) shall ensure respect for the expressed desires 

12 of individual members of the Armed Forces regarding no13 tification of next of kin under the policy, and shall also 

14 include standards of timeliness for the initial and con15 tinuing notification of next of kin under the policy. 

16 SEC. 4. MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND COMBAT CASUALTY 

17 TECHNOLOGIES. 

18 (a) FUNDING FOR MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND COM19 BAT CASUALTY TECHNOLOGIES.—(1) Funds are hereby 

20 authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2005 for the 

21 use of the Department of Defense for research, develop22 ment, test, and evaluation, Defense-wide activities, in the 

23 amount of $10,000,000. 

24 (2) Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by 

25 paragraph (1) for research, development, test, and evalua-
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1 tion, Defense-wide activities, $10,000,000 shall be allo2 cated to Program Element PE 0603826D8Z and avail3 able for medical equipment and combat casualty care tech4 nologies. 

5 (b) OFFSET.—(1) Of the amount authorized to be ap6 propriated by section 301(1) of the National Defense Au7 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 for operation and 

8 maintenance for the Army, $2,500,000 of the amount oth9 erwise available for travel shall not be available for any 

10 purpose. 

11 (2) Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by 

12 section 301(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act 

13 for Fiscal Year 2005 for operation and maintenance for 

14 the Navy, $2,500,000 of the amount otherwise available 

15 for travel shall not be available for any purpose. 

16 (3) Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by 

17 section 301(3) of the National Defense Authorization Act 

18 for Fiscal Year 2005 for operation and maintenance for 

19 the Air Force, $2,500,000 of the amount otherwise avail20 able for travel shall not be available for any purpose. 

21 (4) Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by 

22 section 301(5) of the National Defense Authorization Act 

23 for Fiscal Year 2005 for operation and maintenance for 

24 Defense-wide activities, $2,500,000 of the amount other-
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1 wise available for travel shall not be available for any pur2 pose. 

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