S.Amdt. 1192

This amendment's own text couldn't be picked out of its Congressional Record passage, so the passage is shown in full.

SA 1192. Mr. DURBIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 1867, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2012 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 follow:

       At the end of subtitle D of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 547. REPORT ON COSTS TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OF CERTAIN
                   ASSISTANCE FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND
                   MILITARY SPOUSES.

       (a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense
     shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the
     Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the costs
     to the Department of Defense of education assistance for
     members of the Armed Forces and military spouses under the
     following programs of the Department of Defense:
       (1) The Tuition Assistance (TA) program.
       (2) The Military Spouse Career Advancement Account (MyCAA)
     program.
       (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
     include the following:
       (1) For each institution of higher education that received
     funds under a program specified in subsection (a) during any
     of fiscal years 2009, 2010, or 2011--
       (A) the name and location of such institution;
       (B) whether such institution is a public, non-profit, or
     for-profit institution;
       (C) the amount of funds received by such institution in
     each such fiscal year each under each program; and
       (D) the number of members of the Armed Forces, and the
     number of military spouses, who received education at such
     institution during each such fiscal year for which money was
     received under either program.
       (2) Education outcomes for participants in the programs
     specified in subsection (a) during fiscal years 2009 through
     2011, including--
       (A) credit accumulation;
       (B) completion of education on time or in 150 percent of on
     time;
       (C) loan defaults;
       (D) job placement and retention, and wage progression,
     after completion of education.
       (3) A summary of complaints regarding aggressive recruiting
     practices or misrepresentation of future job placement
     opportunities from participants in the programs specified in
     subsection (a) during fiscal years 2009 through 2011.
       (4) Such recommendations as the Secretary considers
     appropriate for reducing the costs to the Department of
     education assistance under the programs specified in
     subsection (a).
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