S.Amdt. 763

SA 763. Mr. ROUNDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him 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 E of title V, add the following:

SEC. ___. ANNUAL REPORT ON PARTICIPATION IN THE TRANSITION
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED
FORCES.

Section 1144 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(g) Annual Report.--(1) Not later than February 28 each
year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a
report on the participation of members of the armed forces in
the program under this section during the preceding year.
``(2) Each report under this subsection shall set forth,
for the year covered by such report, the following:
``(A) The number of members who were eligible for
participation in the program, in aggregate and by component
of the armed forces.
``(B) The number of members who participated in the
program, in aggregate and by component of the armed forces,
for each of the following:
``(i) Preseparation counseling provided by the Department
of Defense.
``(ii) Briefings provided by the Department of Veterans
Affairs.
``(iii) Employment workshops provided by the Department of
Labor.
``(C) The number of members who did not participate in the
program due to a waiver of the participation requirement
under subsection (c)(2) for each service set forth in
subparagraph (B).
``(3) Each report under this subsection may also include
such recommendations for legislative or administrative action
as the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the
Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and
the Secretary of Homeland Security, considers appropriate to
increase participation of members of the armed forces in each
service set forth in paragraph (2)(B).''.
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