S.Amdt. 2632

SA 2632. Mr. BENNET (for himself and Ms. Duckworth) 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 subtitle F of title X, add the following:

SEC. 10__. INCREASING EMPLOYMENT FOR MEMBERS OF ARMED FORCES
IN EMERGING INDUSTRIES.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense, in coordination
with the Secretary of Energy, shall evaluate the military
installations at which it would be cost-effective to
establish a partnership with community colleges and the
private sector to train veterans and members of the Armed
Forces transitioning to civilian life to enter the
cybersecurity, clean energy, and artificial intelligence
workforces.
(b) Report.--Not later than 120 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit
to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs and Energy and Natural
Resources of the Senate and the Committees on Veterans'
Affairs and Energy and Commerce of the House of
Representatives a report describing the results of the
evaluation conducted under subsection (a).
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