S.Amdt. 2086

SA 2086. Mr. OBAMA (for himself, Mr. Bond, Mrs. Boxer, Mrs. McCaskill, and Mrs. Murray) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 1585, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

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

SEC. 593. DISCHARGE OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES FOR PERSONALITY DISORDER.

(a) Temporary Moratorium on Discharges.--Effective as of the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of a military department may not, except as provided in subsection (b), discharge from the Armed Forces for personality disorder any member of the Armed Forces (including a member of the National Guard or Reserve) who has served on active duty in a combat zone until the later of the dates as follows:

(1) The date of the completion by the Secretary of Defense of a review of the policies and procedures of the Department of Defense for diagnosing a personality disorder in members of the Armed Forces.

(2) The date of the issuance by the Secretary of Defense of policies and procedures to ensure the appropriate use of discharge of members of the Armed Forces for personality disorder, which discharges shall be based on standard clinical diagnostic practices, including the practices outlined in the most recent edition of the Diagnostic Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders.

(3) The date of the establishment by the Secretary of Defense of an independent review board for discharges of members of the Armed Forces for personality discharge, including for members so discharged on or after September 12, 2001, and before the date of the enactment of this Act.

(4) The date of the submittal by the Secretary of Defense of a report to Congress on the progress in implementing the requirements of paragraphs (1) through (3).

(5) The date that is 45 days after the date of the submittal of the report referred to in paragraph (4), which period shall permit Congress to consider the report.

(b) Exception.--The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to any member of the Armed Forces who provided false or misleading information, or omitted providing information about past criminal behavior, that is material to a discharge for personality disorder during recruitment for or enlistment in the Armed Forces.