S.Amdt. 1875

SA 1875. 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, 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. FEASIBILITY STUDY ON EXPANDING ACCESS TO POST-9/11
EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE BY INDIVIDUALS WITH
POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER OR TRAUMATIC
BRAIN INJURY.

Not later than January 31, 2016, the Secretary of Defense
and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly--
(1) complete a study on the feasibility of enabling
individuals entitled to educational assistance under chapter
33 of title 38, United States Code, who have post-traumatic
stress disorder or traumatic brain injury to pursue a program
of education with such assistance on a less than full-time
but more than half-time basis; and
(2) submit to the congressional defense committees, the
Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate, and the
Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of
Representatives a report on the study carried out under
paragraph (1), which shall include the findings of the
secretaries and recommendations

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for such legislative or administrative action as the
secretaries consider appropriate.
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