S.Amdt. 701

SA 701. Ms. HARRIS (for herself and Mrs. Feinstein) 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 B of title V, add the following:

SEC. 513. EXCLUSION OF MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD
PERFORMING FUNERAL HONORS FROM COUNTING FOR
ACTIVE-DUTY END STRENGTH LEVELS.

(a) In General.--Subsection (i) of section 115 of title 10,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:
``(14) Members of the National Guard on active duty or
full-time National Guard duty for the purpose of carrying out
funeral honors activities under section 115 of title 32.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (b)(3)(B) of such
section is amended by striking ``through (8)'' and inserting
``through (14)''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section
shall take effect on October 1, 2017, and shall apply with
respect to National Guard members ordered to active duty for
the purpose of preparing and performing funeral honors
before, on, or after that date.

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