S.Amdt. 2212
What it does: Adds SEC. 593. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES REPORT ON USE OF DETERMINATIONS OF PERSONALITY DISORDER OR ADJUSTMENT DISORDER AS BASIS TO SEPARATE MEMBERS FROM THE ARMED FORCES at the end of subtitle H of title V
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)What it changes
1 change to S. 1197 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 593. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES REPORT ON USE OF DETERMINATIONS OF PERSONALITY DISORDER OR ADJUSTMENT DISORDER AS BASIS TO SEPARATE MEMBERS FROM 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. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES REPORT ON USE OF DETERMINATIONS OF PERSONALITY DISORDER OR ADJUSTMENT DISORDER AS BASIS TO SEPARATE MEMBERS FROM THE ARMED FORCES.
Inserted: Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report setting forth an evaluation of the following:
Inserted: (1) The use by the Secretaries of the military departments of the authority to separate members of the Armed Forces from the Armed Forces due to unfitness for duty because of a mental condition not amounting to disability, including separation on the basis of a personality disorder or adjustment disorder, during the period beginning on January 1, 2007, and ending on the date of the enactment of this Act, including the total number of members separated on such basis during that period.
Inserted: (2) The extent to which the Secretaries of the military departments complied with Department of Defense regulations in separating members of the Armed Forces on the basis of a personality disorder or adjustment disorder during that period.
Inserted: (3) The impact of such a separation on the ability of veterans so separated to obtain service-connected disability compensation, disability severance pay, and disability retirement pay.
Inserted: (4) The effectiveness of existing mechanisms for members of the Armed Forces so separated to review or challenge separations on that basis.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle H of title V, add the following:
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As printed
SA 2212. Ms. KLOBUCHAR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her 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. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES REPORT ON USE OF DETERMINATIONS OF PERSONALITY DISORDER OR ADJUSTMENT DISORDER AS BASIS TO SEPARATE MEMBERS FROM THE ARMED FORCES.
Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report setting forth an evaluation of the following:
(1) The use by the Secretaries of the military departments of the authority to separate members of the Armed Forces from the Armed Forces due to unfitness for duty because of a mental condition not amounting to disability, including separation on the basis of a personality disorder or adjustment disorder, during the period beginning on January 1, 2007, and ending on the date of the enactment of this Act, including the total number of members separated on such basis during that period.
(2) The extent to which the Secretaries of the military departments complied with Department of Defense regulations in separating members of the Armed Forces on the basis of a personality disorder or adjustment disorder during that period.
(3) The impact of such a separation on the ability of veterans so separated to obtain service-connected disability compensation, disability severance pay, and disability retirement pay.
(4) The effectiveness of existing mechanisms for members of the Armed Forces so separated to review or challenge separations on that basis.
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Senate amendment submitted
November 19, 2013