GIFT ACCEPTANCE AUTHORITY.

SEC. 593. GIFT ACCEPTANCE AUTHORITY.(a) Permanent Authority To Accept Gifts on Behalf of the Wounded.—Section 2601(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking paragraph (4).(b) Limitation on Solicitation of Gifts.—The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations implementing sections 2601 and 2608 of title 10, United States Code, that prohibit the solicitation of any gift under such sections by any employee of the Department of Defense if the nature or circumstances of such solicitation would compromise the integrity or the appearance of integrity of any program of the Department of Defense or of any individual involved in such program.