S.Amdt. 5409
What it does: Adds SEC. 556. INCREASE IN NUMBER OF UNITS OF JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING CORPS at the end of subtitle D of title V
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH)What it changes
1 change to S. 3001 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 556. INCREASE IN NUMBER OF UNITS OF JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING CORPS at the end of subtitle D of title V
Adds a sectionIn S. 3001 · Placed on Calendar Senate
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Inserted: SEC. 556. INCREASE IN NUMBER OF UNITS OF JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING CORPS.
Inserted: (a) Plan for Increase.--The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretaries of the military departments, may implement a plan to establish and support up to 4,000 Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps units not later than fiscal year 2020.
Inserted: (b) Cooperation.--The Secretary of Defense, shall work with local educational agencies to increase the employment in Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps units of retired members of the Armed Forces who are retired under chapter 61 of title 10, United States Code, especially members who were wounded or injured while deployed in a contingency operation.
Inserted: (c) Report on Plan.--The Secretary of Defense shall provide a report to the congressional defense committees on the following:
Inserted: (1) A description of how the Secretaries of the military departments can increase the number of units of the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps specified in subsection (a), including how many new units may foreseeably be established per year by each service.
Inserted: (2) The annual funding necessary to support any increase in units, including the personnel costs associated.
Inserted: (3) The number of qualified private and public schools, if any, who have requested a Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps unit that are on a waiting list.
Inserted: (4) Efforts to improve the increased distribution of units geographically across the United States.
Inserted: (5) Efforts to increase distribution of units in educationally and economically deprived areas.
Inserted: (6) Efforts to enhance employment opportunities for qualified former military members retired for disability, especially those wounded while deployed in a contingency operation.
Inserted: (e) Time for Submission.--The report required under subsection (b), along with the report required by subsection (e), shall be submitted to the congressional defense committees not later than May 1, 2009.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle D of title V, add the following:
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As printed
SA 5409. Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr. Ensign) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 3001, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 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 V, add the following:
SEC. 556. INCREASE IN NUMBER OF UNITS OF JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING CORPS.
(a) Plan for Increase.--The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretaries of the military departments, may implement a plan to establish and support up to 4,000 Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps units not later than fiscal year 2020.
(b) Cooperation.--The Secretary of Defense, shall work with local educational agencies to increase the employment in Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps units of retired members of the Armed Forces who are retired under chapter 61 of title 10, United States Code, especially members who were wounded or injured while deployed in a contingency operation.
(c) Report on Plan.--The Secretary of Defense shall provide a report to the congressional defense committees on the following:
(1) A description of how the Secretaries of the military departments can increase the number of units of the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps specified in subsection (a), including how many new units may foreseeably be established per year by each service.
(2) The annual funding necessary to support any increase in units, including the personnel costs associated.
(3) The number of qualified private and public schools, if any, who have requested a Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps unit that are on a waiting list.
(4) Efforts to improve the increased distribution of units geographically across the United States.
(5) Efforts to increase distribution of units in educationally and economically deprived areas.
(6) Efforts to enhance employment opportunities for qualified former military members retired for disability, especially those wounded while deployed in a contingency operation.
(e) Time for Submission.--The report required under subsection (b), along with the report required by subsection (e), shall be submitted to the congressional defense committees not later than May 1, 2009.
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Senate amendment submitted
September 10, 2008