S.Amdt. 4353
What it does: Adds SEC. __. SENSE OF SENATE ON FUNDING OF FAMILY ADVOCACY PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE wherever appropriate
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA)What it changes
1 change to S.Con.Res. 70
Adds SEC. __. SENSE OF SENATE ON FUNDING OF FAMILY ADVOCACY PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE wherever appropriate
Adds a sectionInserted: SEC. __. SENSE OF SENATE ON FUNDING OF FAMILY ADVOCACY PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
Inserted: (a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
Inserted: (1) According to the 2007 American Psychological Association Presidential Task Force on Military Deployment Services for Youth, Families and Service Members--
Inserted: (A) Members of the United States Armed Forces and their families face challenges and stressful conditions that are unprecedented in recent history, including unrelenting operational demands and recurring deployments in combat zones;
Inserted: (B) having a primary caretaker deployed to a war zone for an indeterminate period is among the more stressful events a child can experience; and
Inserted: (C) hardships for military families may include marital problems, financial difficulties, destabilization of family relationships, potential infidelity, mental health issues, academic problems for their children, and substandard communications conditions during deployment.
Inserted: (2) A study sponsored by the Army and published in the August 2007 Journal of the American Medical Association reports--
Inserted: (A) that "[a]mong families of enlisted soldiers in the US Army with substantiated reports of child maltreatment, rates of maltreatment are greater when the soldiers are on combat-related deployments. Enhanced support services may be needed for military families during periods of increased stress"; and
Inserted: (B) that "among Army families of enlisted soldiers with at least 1 substantiated report of child maltreatment who experienced deployments, the rate of child maltreatment was 42% greater during deployments compared with times when soldiers were not deployed".
Inserted: (3) Increased numbers of members of the Armed Forces and their families are making use of nonmedical counseling services provided by the Family Advocacy Program of the Department of Defense.
Inserted: (4) Programs such as the Family Advocacy Program directly affect military retention and are essential to the health and welfare of the members of the Armed Forces, their families, and the communities in which they live.
Inserted: (b) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that the funding levels in this resolution for fiscal year 2009 for national defense (050) assume that not less than $401,000,000 should be made available for the Family Advocacy Program of the Department of Defense.
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SA 4353. Mrs. BOXER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 70, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. __. SENSE OF SENATE ON FUNDING OF FAMILY ADVOCACY PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
(a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
(1) According to the 2007 American Psychological Association Presidential Task Force on Military Deployment Services for Youth, Families and Service Members--
(A) Members of the United States Armed Forces and their families face challenges and stressful conditions that are unprecedented in recent history, including unrelenting operational demands and recurring deployments in combat zones;
(B) having a primary caretaker deployed to a war zone for an indeterminate period is among the more stressful events a child can experience; and
(C) hardships for military families may include marital problems, financial difficulties, destabilization of family relationships, potential infidelity, mental health issues, academic problems for their children, and substandard communications conditions during deployment.
(2) A study sponsored by the Army and published in the August 2007 Journal of the American Medical Association reports--
(A) that “[a]mong families of enlisted soldiers in the US Army with substantiated reports of child maltreatment, rates of maltreatment are greater when the soldiers are on combat-related deployments. Enhanced support services may be needed for military families during periods of increased stress”; and
(B) that “among Army families of enlisted soldiers with at least 1 substantiated report of child maltreatment who experienced deployments, the rate of child maltreatment was 42% greater during deployments compared with times when soldiers were not deployed”.
(3) Increased numbers of members of the Armed Forces and their families are making use of nonmedical counseling services provided by the Family Advocacy Program of the Department of Defense.
(4) Programs such as the Family Advocacy Program directly affect military retention and are essential to the health and welfare of the members of the Armed Forces, their families, and the communities in which they live.
(b) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that the funding levels in this resolution for fiscal year 2009 for national defense (050) assume that not less than $401,000,000 should be made available for the Family Advocacy Program of the Department of Defense.
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Senate amendment submitted
March 13, 2008