S.Amdt. 4513

SA 4513. Mr. VITTER 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:

At the end of subtitle C of title V, add the following:

SEC. 538. MODIFICATION OF DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY TO
AUTHORIZE CERTAIN ENLISTMENTS IN THE ARMED
FORCES.

Section 504(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by striking ``if the Secretary'' and all that follows
and inserting ``if--
``(A) the person is lawfully present in the United States
at the time of enlistment; and
``(B) the Secretary determines that such enlistment is
vital to the national interest.''.
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