S.Amdt. 4088

SA 4088. Mrs. BOXER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2017 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 B of title V, add the following:

SEC. 526. PILOT PROGRAM ON DIRECT EMPLOYMENT FOR MEMBERS OF
THE NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVES.

(a) Pilot Program Authorized.--The Secretary of Defense may
conduct a pilot program to assess the feasibility and
advisability for providing job placement assistance and
related employment services directly to members of the
National Guard and the Reserves as a means of enhancing the
efforts of the Department of Defense to assist such members
in obtaining employment.
(b) Administration.--
(1) Discharge through adjutants general.--The pilot program
shall be conducted through the adjutants general of the
States under section 314 of title 32, United States Code.
(2) Outreach.--In conducting the pilot program, the
adjutants general shall take appropriate actions to
facilitate participation in the pilot program by members of
the National Guard and the Reserves, including through
outreach to unit commanders.
(c) Cost-sharing Requirement.--As a condition on the
provision of funds under this section to a State to support
the conduct of the pilot program in the State, the State
shall contribute an amount, derived from non-Federal sources,
equal to at least 30 percent of the funds provided by the
Secretary to conduct the pilot program in the State.
(d) Assistance and Services.--In conducting the pilot
program, the Secretary shall--
(1) identify unemployed and underemployed members of the
National Guard and the Reserves; and
(2) provide job placement assistance and related employment
services to members so identified who participate in the
pilot program on an individualized basis, including
assistance and services in connection with resume writing,
interview preparation, job placement, post-employment follow-
up, and such other employment-related matters as the
Secretary considers appropriate for purposes of the pilot
program.
(e) Evaluation.--The Secretary shall develop outcome
measurements to evaluate the success of the pilot program.
(f) Reporting Requirements.--
(1) Report required.--Not later than January 31, 2022, the
Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of
the Senate and the House of Representatives a report
describing the results of the pilot program. The Secretary
shall prepare the report in coordination with the Chief of
the National Guard Bureau.
(2) Elements of report.--The report under paragraph (1)
shall include the following:
(A) A description and assessment of the effectiveness and
achievements of the pilot program, including the number of
members of the National Guard and the Reserves assisted under
the pilot program who obtained employment and the cost-per-
placement of such members.
(B) An assessment of the impact of the pilot program, and
any increase in employment levels among members of the
National Guard and the Reserves as a result of the pilot
program, on the readiness of members of the reserve
components of the Armed Forces.

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(C) Such recommendations for improvement or extension of
the pilot program as the Secretary considers appropriate.
(D) Any other matters the Secretary considers appropriate.
(g) Duration of Authority.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
authority to conduct the pilot program expires September 30,
2020.
(2) Extension.--Upon the expiration of the authority under
paragraph (1), the Secretary may extend the pilot program for
not more than two additional fiscal years.
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