S.Amdt. 2149

SA 2149. Mr. OBAMA (for himself 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 title VII, add the following:

SEC. 703. POSTDEPLOYMENT MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH SCREENINGS FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

Section 1074f(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--

(1) in the second sentence of paragraph (1), by striking “(or as soon as possible thereafter)” and inserting “, but not later than 90 days after the redeployment of the member and before a subsequent deployment of the member to an area in which the system is in operation”;

(2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and

(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph (2):

“(2) The postdeployment examination of a member of the armed forces required under paragraph (1) shall include a comprehensive medical and mental health assessment of the member conducted on an individualized basis and in person by personnel qualified to conduct such examinations.”.