S.Amdt. 369

SA 369. Ms. DUCKWORTH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her 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. ___. REPORT ON POSSIBLE IMPROVEMENTS TO PROCESSING
RETIREMENTS AND MEDICAL DISCHARGES.

(a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense
shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs, submit to the congressional defense committees and
the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the
House of Representatives a report on possible improvements to
the transition of members of the Armed Forces to veteran
status.

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(b) Elements.--The report under subsection (a) shall
address the following:
(1) Feasibility of requiring members of the Armed Forces to
apply for benefits administered by the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs before such members complete discharge from the Armed
Forces.
(2) Feasibility of requiring members of the Armed Forces to
undergo compensation and pension examinations (to be
administered by the Secretary of Defense) for purposes of
obtaining benefits described in paragraph (1) before such
members complete discharge from the Armed Forces.
(3) Possible improvements to the timeliness of the process
for transitioning members who undergo medical discharge to
care provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
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