To authorize the provision of support for Beyond Yellow Ribbon programs.

SA 1023. Mr. SANDERS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 1003 proposed by Mr. McCain (for himself and Mr. Reed)
to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018
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 H of title V, add the following:

SEC. 583. AUTHORIZATION OF SUPPORT FOR BEYOND YELLOW RIBBON
PROGRAMS.

Section 582 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110-181; 10 U.S.C. 10101 note)
is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (k) and (l) as subsections
(l) and (m), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (j) the following new
subsection (k):
``(k) Support for Beyond Yellow Ribbon Programs.--The
Secretary of Defense may award grants to States to carry out
programs that provide deployment cycle information, services,
and referrals to members of reserve components of the Armed
Forces, members of active components of the Armed Forces, and
the families of such members throughout the deployment cycle.
Such programs may include the provision of access to outreach
services, including the following:
``(1) Employment counseling.
``(2) Behavioral health counseling.
``(3) Suicide prevention.
``(4) Housing advocacy.
``(5) Financial counseling.
``(6) Referrals to for the receipt of other services.''.
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