S.Amdt. 3980

SA 3980. Mr. CASSIDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 3695 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6157,
making appropriations for the Department of

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Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in title VIII of division A,
insert the following:

SEC. ___. ANNUAL REPORTS ON THE READINESS OF THE ENLISTED
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

(a) Annual Report Required.--Not later than 90 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, and not less
frequently than once each year thereafter, the Secretary of
Defense shall submit to Congress a report on readiness of the
enlisted members of the Armed Forces.
(b) Elements.--Each report submitted under subsection (a)
shall include, for the one-year period ending on the date of
such report, the following (which shall be disaggregated,
when applicable, by members of the Armed Forces who have been
deployed and by members who have not been deployed):
(1) The percentage of enlisted members who were diagnosed
with a mental health disorder before joining the Armed
Forces.
(2) The percentage of enlisted members who were diagnosed
with a mental health disorder during their first year as a
member of the Armed Forces.
(3) The percentage of individuals--
(A) who were discharged or released from service in the
Armed Forces during their first year in such service; and
(B) whose discharge or release from service in the Armed
Forces was under conditions that were dishonorable or other
than honorable.
(4) The percentage of individuals who enlisted in the Armed
Forces pursuant to a waiver to enlist, set forth by Armed
Force.
(5) The reasons for the waivers described in paragraph (4),
set forth by Armed Force.
(6) The percentage of enlisted members who committed
suicide during their first year of service in the Armed
Forces.
(7) The percentage of enlisted members who committee
suicide during their third year of service in the Armed
Forces.

SEC. ___. CENTRALIZED DATABASE ON CANDIDATES NOT ACCEPTED FOR
ENLISTMENT IN THE ARMED FORCES.

Commencing not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
establish and maintain within the Department of Defense a
centralized database on candidates who were not accepted for
enlistment in the Armed Forces, including the reasons for
non-acceptance.
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