S.Amdt. 582

SA 582. Ms. HIRONO 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 C of title V, add the following:

SEC. ___. REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF GAO RECOMMENDATIONS
RELATING TO CONSIDERATION OF POST-TRAUMATIC
STRESS DISORDER AND TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN
MISCONDUCT SEPARATIONS.

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the
congressional defense committees a report on the
implementation by the Department of Defense of the
recommendations from the Government Accountability Office
report entitled ``Actions Needed to Ensure Post-Traumatic
Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury Are Considered in
Misconduct Separations'' and published on May 16, 2017.
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