S.Amdt. 2120
What it does: Adds SEC. 593. SENSE OF SENATE ON UPGRADE OF CHARACTERIZATION OF DISCHARGE OF CERTAIN VIETNAM ERA MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES at the end of subtitle H of title V
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)What it changes
1 change to S. 1197 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 593. SENSE OF SENATE ON UPGRADE OF CHARACTERIZATION OF DISCHARGE OF CERTAIN VIETNAM ERA MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES at the end of subtitle H of title V
Adds a sectionIn S. 1197 · Placed on Calendar Senate
"(9) The term 'survival, evasion, resistance, and escape debriefing' means an interview conducted with a person described in section 1501(c) of this title who is returned to United States control in order to record the person's experiences while surviving, evading, resisting interrogation or exploitation, or escaping.".
Inserted: SEC. 593. SENSE OF SENATE ON UPGRADE OF CHARACTERIZATION OF DISCHARGE OF CERTAIN VIETNAM ERA MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.
Inserted: (a) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that, when considering a request for correction of a less-than-honorable discharge issued to a member of the Armed Forces during the Vietnam era, the Board for Corrections of Military Records--
Inserted: (1) should take into account whether the veteran--
Inserted: (A) served in the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam era;
Inserted: (B) following such service, was diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder after Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder was included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders of the American Psychiatric Association; and
Inserted: (C) has evidence to attest to current good standing within the veteran's community; and
Inserted: (2) if the veteran meets the criteria specified in paragraph (1), should give all due consideration to an upgrade of characterization of discharge.
Inserted: (b) Vietnam Era Defined.--In this section, the term "Vietnam era" has the meaning given that term in section 101(29) of title 38, United States Code.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle H of title V, add the following:
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As printed
SA 2120. Mr. BLUMENTHAL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1197, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 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 H of title V, add the following:
SEC. 593. SENSE OF SENATE ON UPGRADE OF CHARACTERIZATION OF DISCHARGE OF CERTAIN VIETNAM ERA MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.
(a) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that, when considering a request for correction of a less-than-honorable discharge issued to a member of the Armed Forces during the Vietnam era, the Board for Corrections of Military Records--
(1) should take into account whether the veteran--
(A) served in the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam era;
(B) following such service, was diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder after Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder was included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders of the American Psychiatric Association; and
(C) has evidence to attest to current good standing within the veteran's community; and
(2) if the veteran meets the criteria specified in paragraph (1), should give all due consideration to an upgrade of characterization of discharge.
(b) Vietnam Era Defined.--In this section, the term “Vietnam era” has the meaning given that term in section 101(29) of title 38, United States Code.
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Senate amendment submitted
November 18, 2013