S.Amdt. 1874

SA 1874. Mr. BLUNT 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, 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 A of title VII, add the following:

SEC. 706. INCLUSION OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES NOT
SUBJECTED OR EXPOSED TO OPERATIONAL RISK
FACTORS IN REQUIRED MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT.

Section 1074m(a)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by striking ``the Secretary determines that'' and all
that follows through the period at the end and inserting the
following:
``(A) the member completes a mental health assessment under
section 1074n of this title during any of the time periods
specified under such subparagraphs; or
``(B) the Secretary determines that providing a mental
health assessment under this section to the member during
such time periods would remove the member from forward
deployment or put members or operational objectives at
risk.''.
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