S.Amdt. 1676

SA 1676. Mr. UDALL (for himself and Mr. Heinrich) 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 end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1085. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR POST-9/11 EDUCATIONAL
ASSISTANCE TO INCLUDE SERVICE ON ACTIVE DUTY IN
ENTRY LEVEL AND SKILL TRAINING UNDER CERTAIN
CIRCUMSTANCES.

(a) For Individuals Who Serve Between 18 and 24 Months.--
Section 3311(b)(5)(A) of title 38, United States Code, is
amended by striking ``excluding'' and inserting
``including''.
(b) For Individuals Who Served in Operation Enduring
Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, or Certain Other
Contingency Operations.--Section 3311(b) of such title is
amended in paragraphs (6)(A) and (7)(A) by striking
``excluding service on active duty in entry level and skill
training'' and inserting ``including service on active duty
in entry level and skill training for individuals who served
on active duty in the Armed Forces in Operation Enduring
Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation New Dawn, or any
other contingency operation (as that term is defined in
section 101 of title 10) and excluding service on active duty
in entry level and skill training for all other
individuals''.
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