S.Amdt. 2027

SA 2027. Mr. PETERS (for himself, Mr. Daines, and Mr. Tillis)
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 G of title V, add the following:

SEC. 573. REPORT ON CERTAIN APPLICATIONS FOR UPGRADE IN
DISCHARGE STATUS FROM THE ARMED FORCES BASED ON
POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER OR TRAUMATIC
BRAIN INJURY.

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives a report on the number of former members of
the Armed Forces who applied for an upgrade in discharge
status between September 3, 2009, and September 3, 2014, on
the basis of post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic
brain injury. The report shall set forth the following:
(1) The number of applications in which the member
concerned was wounded or injured in military service and
received a discharge on other than honorable conditions.
(2) The number of applications for which relief was
granted.
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