S.Amdt. 4351

SA 4351. Mr. REID (for Mr. Blumenthal) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by Mr. Reid 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:

After section 536, insert the following:

SEC. 536A. INDEXING AND PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF DECISIONS AND
OTHER DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH ACTIONS OF
BOARDS FOR THE CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS.

Section 1552(a) of title 10, United States Code, as amended
by section 536(a)(1) of this Act, is further amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs
(5) and (6), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new
paragraph (4):
``(4)(A) The record of the votes of each board under this
section, and all other statements of findings, conclusions,
and recommendations made on final determinations of
applications by such board, shall be indexed and promptly
made available for public inspection and copying at the Armed
Forces Discharge Review/Correction Boards Reading Room
located on the Concourse of the Pentagon Building in Room
2E123, Washington, DC.
``(B) Any documents made available for public inspection
and copying pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be indexed in
a usable and concise form so as to enable the public to
identify cases similar in issue together with the
circumstances under or reasons for which the board concerned
granted or denied relief. Each index shall be published
quarterly, and shall be available for public inspection and
distribution by sale at the Reading Room referred to in
subparagraph (A).
``(C) To the extent necessary to prevent a clearly
unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, the following shall
be deleted from documents made available for public
inspection and copying pursuant to subparagraph (A):
``(i) Identifying details of applicants and other persons.
``(ii) Names, addresses, social security numbers, and
military service numbers.
``(iii) Subject to subparagraph (D), other information that
is privileged or classified.
``(D) Information that is privileged or classified may be
deleted pursuant to subparagraph (C)(iii) from documents made
available for public inspection and copying pursuant to
subparagraph (A) only if a written statement of the basis for
such deletion is made available for public inspection.''.
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