S.Amdt. 5428
What it does: Adds SEC. 587. ENHANCEMENT OF CERTIFICATE OF RELEASE OR DISCHARGE FROM ACTIVE DUTY (DD FORM 214) at the end of subtitle G of title V
Sen. Bernard Sanders (I-VT)What it changes
1 change to S. 3001 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 587. ENHANCEMENT OF CERTIFICATE OF RELEASE OR DISCHARGE FROM ACTIVE DUTY (DD FORM 214) at the end of subtitle G of title V
Adds a sectionIn S. 3001 · Placed on Calendar Senate
"(2) No officer or employee of the Department of Defense may interfere with the ability of the Legal Counsel to give independent legal advice to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and to the Joint Chiefs of Staff.".
Inserted: SEC. 587. ENHANCEMENT OF CERTIFICATE OF RELEASE OR DISCHARGE FROM ACTIVE DUTY (DD FORM 214).
Inserted: The Secretary of Defense shall modify the Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214) to include a current electronic mail address (if any) and a current telephone number as information requested of a member of the Armed Forces by the form. Such information shall be provided only with the consent of the member of the Armed Forces.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle G of title V, add the following:
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As printed
SA 5428. Mr. SANDERS 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 G of title V, add the following:
SEC. 587. ENHANCEMENT OF CERTIFICATE OF RELEASE OR DISCHARGE FROM ACTIVE DUTY (DD FORM 214).
The Secretary of Defense shall modify the Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214) to include a current electronic mail address (if any) and a current telephone number as information requested of a member of the Armed Forces by the form. Such information shall be provided only with the consent of the member of the Armed Forces.
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Senate amendment submitted
September 10, 2008