S.Amdt. 1789
What it does: Adds SEC. 557. REPORT ON ALLOWING ONE PARENT OF A DUAL-MILITARY MARRIED COUPLE WITH A MINOR DEPENDENT TO SERVE AS PRIMARY CAREGIVER WHEN THE OTHER PARENT IS DEPLOYED OVERSEAS IN CONNECTION WITH A CONTINGENCY OPERATION at the end of subtitle F of title V
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA)What it changes
1 change to S. 1390 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 557. REPORT ON ALLOWING ONE PARENT OF A DUAL-MILITARY MARRIED COUPLE WITH A MINOR DEPENDENT TO SERVE AS PRIMARY CAREGIVER WHEN THE OTHER PARENT IS DEPLOYED OVERSEAS IN CONNECTION WITH A CONTINGENCY OPERATION at the end of subtitle F of title V
Adds a sectionIn S. 1390 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(4) attorneys providing legal assistance as described in paragraph (3)(F)(ii) should provide members of the Armed Forces a full explanation of the dangers of not involving the non- custodial parent and discuss appropriate courses of action.
Inserted: SEC. 557. REPORT ON ALLOWING ONE PARENT OF A DUAL-MILITARY MARRIED COUPLE WITH A MINOR DEPENDENT TO SERVE AS PRIMARY CAREGIVER WHEN THE OTHER PARENT IS DEPLOYED OVERSEAS IN CONNECTION WITH A CONTINGENCY OPERATION.
Inserted: Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report--
Inserted: (1) on the feasibility and advisability of--
Inserted: (A) adopting a policy that would allow a dual-military married couple with a minor dependent to stagger deployments to an overseas contingency operation, if the couple so chooses,
Inserted: (B) providing a 90-day reintegration period between deployments to an overseas contingency operation for each dual-military married couple with a minor dependent; and
Inserted: (2) that includes the number and demographics of dual-military parents and single parents who separated from the Armed Forces after January 1, 1999, disaggregated by year.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle F of title V, add the following:
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As printed
SA 1789. Mrs. BOXER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her 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:
At the end of subtitle F of title V, add the following:
SEC. 557. REPORT ON ALLOWING ONE PARENT OF A DUAL-MILITARY MARRIED COUPLE WITH A MINOR DEPENDENT TO SERVE AS PRIMARY CAREGIVER WHEN THE OTHER PARENT IS DEPLOYED OVERSEAS IN CONNECTION WITH A CONTINGENCY OPERATION.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report--
(1) on the feasibility and advisability of--
(A) adopting a policy that would allow a dual-military married couple with a minor dependent to stagger deployments to an overseas contingency operation, if the couple so chooses,
(B) providing a 90-day reintegration period between deployments to an overseas contingency operation for each dual-military married couple with a minor dependent; and
(2) that includes the number and demographics of dual-military parents and single parents who separated from the Armed Forces after January 1, 1999, disaggregated by year.
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Senate amendment submitted
July 23, 2009