S.Amdt. 2303

SA 2303. Mr. SANDERS (for himself and Mr. Heller) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr.
Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain) and intended to be proposed to the
bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2019 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 part II of subtitle F of title V, add the
following:

SEC. 577. ASSISTANCE OF STATES FOR DEPLOYMENT-RELATED SUPPORT
OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES UNDERGOING
DEPLOYMENT AND THEIR FAMILIES BEYOND THE YELLOW
RIBBON REINTEGRATION PROGRAM.

Section 582 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2008 (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 Beyond Program.--The Secretary of Defense
shall provide funding to States to carry out programs that
provide deployment cycle information, services, and referrals
to members of the Armed Forces, including members of the
regular components and members of the reserve components, 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 for the receipt of other related
services.''.
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