S.Amdt. 4263

SA 4263. Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself, Mr. Obama, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Reed) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2766, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle F of title V, add the following:

SEC. 587. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR TRANSITIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

(a) Required Participation for Certain Members.--Subsection (c) of section 1144 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

“(c) Participation.--(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary of Defense shall require participation by members of the armed forces eligible for assistance under the program carried out under this section.

“(2) The Secretary of Defense need not require, but shall encourage and otherwise promote, participation in the program by the following members described in paragraph (1):

“(A) A member who has previously participated in the program.

“(B) A member who, upon discharge or release from active duty, is returning to--

“(i) a position of employment; or

“(ii) pursuit of an academic degree or other educational or occupational training objective that the members was pursuing when called or ordered to such active duty.

“(3) Members of the armed forces eligible for assistance under this section include--

“(A) members of the reserve components being separated from service on active duty for a period of more than 30 days; and

“(B) members of the National Guard being separated from full-time National Guard duty.

“(4) The Secretary concerned shall ensure that commanders of members who are required to be provided assistance under this section authorize the members to be provided such assistance during duty time.”.

(b) Required Updating of Materials.--Such section is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

“(e) Updating of Materials.--The Secretary concerned shall, on a continuing basis, update the content of the materials used by the National Veterans Training Institute of the Department of Labor and the Secretary's other materials that provide direct training support to personnel who carry out the program established in this section.”.