S.Amdt. 4287

SA 4287. Mr. TILLIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him 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:

Strike section 563 and insert the following:

SEC. 563. ACCESS TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS OF
INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION PROVIDING
CERTAIN ADVISING AND STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES.

(a) In General.--Chapter 101 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by inserting after section 2012 the
following new section:

``Sec. 2012a. Access to Department of Defense installations:
institutions of higher education providing certain advising
and student support services

``(a) Access.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense may grant
access to Department of Defense installations to any
institution of higher education that--
``(A) has--
``(i) entered into a Voluntary Education Partnership
Memorandum of Understanding with the Department for the
purpose of providing at the installation concerned timely
face-to-face student advising and related support services to
members of the armed forces and other persons who are
eligible for assistance under Department of Defense
educational assistance programs and authorities; and
``(ii) been approved to provide such advising and support
services by the educational service office of the
installation concerned; or
``(B) has been approved by the base transition office of
the installation concerned to educate members of the armed
forces about education and employment after military service.
``(2) Scope of access.--Access under paragraph (1) shall be
granted in a nondiscriminatory manner to any institution
covered by that paragraph.
``(b) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe in
regulations the time and place of access authorized pursuant
to subsection (a). The regulations shall provide the
following:
``(1) The opportunity for institutions of higher education
to receive access at times and places that ensure sufficient
opportunity for students to obtain advising and support
services described in subsection (a).
``(2) The opportunity for institutions of higher education
to receive sufficient access at times and places that ensure
maximum opportunity for members of the armed forces
transitioning to life after military service, as determined
by the base transition officer concerned, to receive
advising, student support services, and education pursuant to
this section.
``(3) Access shall be limited to face-to-face student
advisement and related support services for students and
members of the armed forces who have elected to participate
in the higher education track of the Transition Assistance
Program, and may not otherwise be used as an opportunity to
conduct recruitment or marketing activities.
``(c) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) The term `Department of Defense educational
assistance programs and authorities' has the meaning given
the term `Department of Defense educational assistance
programs and authorities covered by this section' in section
2006a(c)(1) of this title.
``(2) The term `institution of higher education' has the
meaning given that term in section 2006a(c)(2) of this title.
``(3) The term `Voluntary Education Partnership Memorandum
of Understanding' has the meaning given that term in
Department of Defense Instruction 1322.25, entitled
`Voluntary Education Programs', or any successor Department
of Defense Instruction.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the
beginning of chapter 101 of such title is amended by
inserting after the item relating to section 2012 the
following new item:

``2012a. Access to Department of Defense installations: institutions of
higher education providing certain advising and student
support services.''.
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