S.Amdt. 4367
What it does: Adds SEC. 587. ASSESSMENT OF PROVISION OF ELECTRONIC COPY OF MILITARY RECORDS ON DISCHARGE OR RELEASE OF MEMBERS FROM THE ARMED FORCES at the end of subtitle F of title V
Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL)What it changes
1 change to S. 2766
Adds SEC. 587. ASSESSMENT OF PROVISION OF ELECTRONIC COPY OF MILITARY RECORDS ON DISCHARGE OR RELEASE OF MEMBERS FROM THE ARMED FORCES at the end of subtitle F of title V
Adds a sectionInserted: SEC. 587. ASSESSMENT OF PROVISION OF ELECTRONIC COPY OF MILITARY RECORDS ON DISCHARGE OR RELEASE OF MEMBERS FROM THE ARMED FORCES.
Inserted: (a) Report Required.--
Inserted: (1) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the feasibility and advisability of providing an electronic copy of military records to members of the Armed Forces on their discharge or release from the Armed Forces.
Inserted: (2) Elements.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall include the following:
Inserted: (A) An estimate of the costs of the provision of military records as described in paragraph (1).
Inserted: (B) An assessment of providing military records as described in that paragraph through the distribution of a portable, readily accessible medium (such as a computer disk or other similar medium) containing such records.
Inserted: (C) A description and assessment of the mechanisms required to ensure the privacy of members of the Armed Forces in providing military records as described in that paragraph.
Inserted: (D) An assessment of the benefits to the members of the Armed Forces of receiving their military records as described in that paragraph.
Inserted: (E) If the Secretary determines that providing military records to members of the Armed Forces as described in that paragraph is feasible and advisable, a plan (including a schedule) for providing such records to members of the Armed Forces as so described in order to ensure that each member of the Armed Forces is provided such records upon discharge or release from the Armed Forces.
Inserted: (F) Any other matter to relating to the provision of military records as described in that paragraph that the Secretary considers appropriate.
Inserted: (b) Pilot Program.--
Inserted: (1) Program required.--The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of providing an electronic copy of military records to members of the Armed Forces on their discharge or release from the Armed Forces.
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Inserted: (2) Location.--The Secretary shall carry out the pilot program at two locations, of which--
Inserted: (A) one shall be a military installation at which members of the Armed Forces are processed for separation from active duty in the Armed Forces; and
Inserted: (B) one shall be a military installation at which members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces are processed for release from active duty following deployment on active duty in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom.
Inserted: (3) Provision of military records.--Under the pilot program, the Secretary shall provide an electronic copy of such member's military records to each member of the Armed Forces undergoing separation from the Armed Forces, or release from active duty in the Armed Forces, at a location of the pilot program under paragraph (2) during the period of the pilot program.
Inserted: (4) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the pilot program.
Inserted: (c) Military Records Defined.--In this section, the term "military records", with respect to a member of the Armed Forces, includes all military service records, military medical records, and other military records of the member of the armed Forces.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle F of title V, add the following:
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As printed
SA 4367. Mr. OBAMA (for himself and Mr. Bond) 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. ASSESSMENT OF PROVISION OF ELECTRONIC COPY OF MILITARY RECORDS ON DISCHARGE OR RELEASE OF MEMBERS FROM THE ARMED FORCES.
(a) Report Required.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the feasibility and advisability of providing an electronic copy of military records to members of the Armed Forces on their discharge or release from the Armed Forces.
(2) Elements.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall include the following:
(A) An estimate of the costs of the provision of military records as described in paragraph (1).
(B) An assessment of providing military records as described in that paragraph through the distribution of a portable, readily accessible medium (such as a computer disk or other similar medium) containing such records.
(C) A description and assessment of the mechanisms required to ensure the privacy of members of the Armed Forces in providing military records as described in that paragraph.
(D) An assessment of the benefits to the members of the Armed Forces of receiving their military records as described in that paragraph.
(E) If the Secretary determines that providing military records to members of the Armed Forces as described in that paragraph is feasible and advisable, a plan (including a schedule) for providing such records to members of the Armed Forces as so described in order to ensure that each member of the Armed Forces is provided such records upon discharge or release from the Armed Forces.
(F) Any other matter to relating to the provision of military records as described in that paragraph that the Secretary considers appropriate.
(b) Pilot Program.--
(1) Program required.--The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of providing an electronic copy of military records to members of the Armed Forces on their discharge or release from the Armed Forces.
(2) Location.--The Secretary shall carry out the pilot program at two locations, of which--
(A) one shall be a military installation at which members of the Armed Forces are processed for separation from active duty in the Armed Forces; and
(B) one shall be a military installation at which members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces are processed for release from active duty following deployment on active duty in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom.
(3) Provision of military records.--Under the pilot program, the Secretary shall provide an electronic copy of such member's military records to each member of the Armed Forces undergoing separation from the Armed Forces, or release from active duty in the Armed Forces, at a location of the pilot program under paragraph (2) during the period of the pilot program.
(4) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the pilot program.
(c) Military Records Defined.--In this section, the term “military records”, with respect to a member of the Armed Forces, includes all military service records, military medical records, and other military records of the member of the armed Forces.
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Senate amendment submitted
June 20, 2006