S.Amdt. 1895

SA 1895. Mr. HELLER 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 C of title V, add the following:

SEC. 524. EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT OF THE ENLISTMENT OF
CERTAIN ALIENS IN THE ARMED FORCES ON MILIARY
READINESS.

(a) Evaluation Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall
evaluate--
(1) whether permitting covered aliens to enlist in the
Armed Forces could expand the pool of potential enlistees in
the Armed Forces; and
(2) how making covered aliens eligible for enlistment in
the Armed Forces would impact military readiness.
(b) Covered Aliens Defined.--In this section, the term
``covered aliens'' means aliens who--
(1) were unlawfully present in the United States on
December 31, 2011;
(2) have been continuously present in the United States
since that date;
(3) were younger than 16 years of age on the date the
aliens initially entered the United States; and
(4) disregarding such unlawful status, are otherwise
eligible for original enlistment in a regular component of
the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard.
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