AUTHORIZING THE HONORARY PROMOTION OF COLONEL CHARLES E. MCGEE TO BRIGADIER GENERAL IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE; Congressional Record Vol. 165, No. 130
(Senate - July 31, 2019)
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AUTHORIZING THE HONORARY PROMOTION OF COLONEL CHARLES E. MCGEE TO
BRIGADIER GENERAL IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee
on Armed Services be discharged from further consideration of S. 2052
and that the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:
A bill (S. 2052) to authorize the honorary promotion of
Colonel Charles E. McGee to brigadier general in the United
States Air Force.
There being no objection, the committee was discharged, and the
Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
Mr. CORNYN. I ask unanimous consent that the Van Hollen amendment,
which is at the desk, be considered and agreed to; that the bill, as
amended, be considered read a third time and passed; and that the
motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no
intervening action or debate.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The amendment (No. 933) was agreed to as follows:
(Purpose: To prohibit entitlement to benefits by reason of the honorary
promotion)
At the end, add the following:
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON BENEFITS.
No person is entitled to any bonus, gratuity, pay, or
allowance by reason of section 1.
The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading and was read
the third time.
The bill (S. 2052), as amended, was passed as follows:
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On page S5217, July 31, 2019, first and second columns, the
following appears:The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third
reading and was read the third time. Mr. CORNYN. I know of no
further debate on the bill. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there
further debate on the bill? Hearing none, the bill having been
read the third time, the question is, Shall the bill pass? The
bill (S. 2052), as amended, was passed as follows:
The online Record has been corrected to read: The bill was
ordered to be engrossed for a third reading and was read the third
time. The bill (S. 2052), as amended, was passed as follows:
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S. 2052
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AUTHORITY FOR HONORARY PROMOTION OF COLONEL
CHARLES E. MCGEE TO BRIGADIER GENERAL IN THE
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE.
The President is authorized to issue an appropriate
honorary commission promoting to brigadier general in the Air
Force Colonel Charles E. McGee, United States Air Force
(retired), a distinguished Tuskegee Airman whose honorary
promotion to that grade has the recommendation of the
Secretary of the Air Force in accordance with the provisions
of section 1563 of title 10, United States Code.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON BENEFITS.
No person is entitled to any bonus, gratuity, pay, or
allowance by reason of section 1.
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