S.Amdt. 1544

SA 1544. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities
of the Department of Defense and for military construction, 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. EXTENSION OF PERIOD FOR USE OF ENTITLEMENT TO POST-
9/11 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR INDIVIDUALS
WITH POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER OR
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY.

(a) Extended Period.--Section 3312 of title 38, United
States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ``in subsections (b) and
(c)'' and inserting ``in subsections (b), (c), and (d)''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(d) Extended Period for Individuals With Post-traumatic
Stress Disorder or Traumatic Brain Injury.--Subject to
section 3695 of this title and except as provided in
subsections (b) and (c), an individual entitled to
educational assistance under this chapter who has a service-
connected disability consisting of post-traumatic stress
disorder or traumatic brain injury is entitled to a number of
months of educational assistance under section 3313 of this
title equal to 54 months.''.
(b) Reduced Amount.--Section 3313 of such title is amended
by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(j) Reduced Amount for Individuals With Extended Period
of Assistance.--The amount of educational assistance payable
under this section to an individual described in section
3312(d) of this title shall be 67 percent of the amount
otherwise payable to such individual under this section.''.
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