S.Amdt. 1770

SA 1770. Mr. CASEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1390, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 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:

On page 214, between lines 20 and 21, insert the following:

(3) Assessments of members discharged or released upon return from deployment.--In the case of a member of the Armed Forces who is discharged or released from the Armed Forces upon the member's return from deployment, the Secretary of Defense shall, to the extent practicable, make available the opportunity for such member to participate in the mental health assessments required under subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) together with the unit with which the member was previously deployed, without regard to the terms of such discharge or release.