S.Amdt. 5524
What it does: Adds SEC. 652. HELMETS-TO-HARDHATS PROGRAM at the end of subtitle E of title VI
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA)What it changes
1 change to S. 3001 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 652. HELMETS-TO-HARDHATS PROGRAM at the end of subtitle E of title VI
Adds a sectionIn S. 3001 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(3) has a service-connected disability rated 100 percent disabling (including a disability of 100 percent mental disability), as determined by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs or the Secretary of the military department concerned, and is not gainfully employed because of such disability.
Inserted: SEC. 652. HELMETS-TO-HARDHATS PROGRAM.
Inserted: (a) Additional Authorization of Appropriations for Military Personnel.--The amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2009 by section 421 for military personnel is hereby increased by $3,500,000.
Inserted: (b) Availability for Helmets-to-Hardhats Program.--
Inserted: (1) In general.--Of the amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2009 by section 421 for military personnel, as increased by subsection (a), $3,500,000 is available for the Helmets-to-Hardhats Program.
Inserted: (2) Supplement not supplant.--The amount available under paragraph (1) for the Helmets-to-Hardhats Program is in addition to any other amounts available in this Act for that program.
Inserted: (c) Helmets-to-Hardhats Program Defined.--In this section, the term "Helmets-to-Hardhats Program" means the program conducted by the Center for Military Recruitment, Assessment and Veterans Employment (a nonprofit labor-management co-operation committee) to facilitate access by veterans to opportunities for skilled employment in the construction industry.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle E of title VI, add the following:
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SA 5524. Mr. REID (for Mr. Kennedy (for himself, Mr. Isakson, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Coleman, and Mr. Kerry)) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by Mr. Reid 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 E of title VI, add the following:
SEC. 652. HELMETS-TO-HARDHATS PROGRAM.
(a) Additional Authorization of Appropriations for Military Personnel.--The amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2009 by section 421 for military personnel is hereby increased by $3,500,000.
(b) Availability for Helmets-to-Hardhats Program.--
(1) In general.--Of the amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2009 by section 421 for military personnel, as increased by subsection (a), $3,500,000 is available for the Helmets-to-Hardhats Program.
(2) Supplement not supplant.--The amount available under paragraph (1) for the Helmets-to-Hardhats Program is in addition to any other amounts available in this Act for that program.
(c) Helmets-to-Hardhats Program Defined.--In this section, the term “Helmets-to-Hardhats Program” means the program conducted by the Center for Military Recruitment, Assessment and Veterans Employment (a nonprofit labor-management co-operation committee) to facilitate access by veterans to opportunities for skilled employment in the construction industry.
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Senate amendment submitted
September 15, 2008