S.Amdt. 2287

SA 2287. Mrs. BOXER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her 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 D of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1044. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON WAIVERS FOR ENLISTMENT IN THE ARMED FORCES.

(a) In General.--Not later than April 1, 2008, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report on the moral, medical, aptitude, and other waivers for enlistment in the Armed Forces that have been granted by the Secretaries of the military departments since the onset of combat operations in Afghanistan on October 7, 2001.

(b) Comparative Evaluation.--For purposes of preparing the report, the Comptroller General shall evaluate the waivers described in subsection (a) that were granted during each of fiscal years 2000 and 2001.

(c) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall include the following:

(1) The number of waivers described in that subsection that have been granted each fiscal year for each Armed Force, including--

(A) the total number granted for each Armed Force; and

(B) the number of each type granted, whether moral, medical, aptitude, or other.

(2) An assessment of the soundness of the review process utilized by each military department for the granting of such waivers.

(3) A statement of the reasons for any increase in such waivers granted by fiscal year.

(4) An assessment of the effects of the granting of such waivers on the Armed Forces, including the particular effects of the increase in the number of such waivers over time.