S.Amdt. 1969

SA 1969. Mr. TESTER (for himself and Ms. Murkowski) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 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 A of title VII, add the following:

SEC. 7__. EXPANSION OF COVERAGE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS OF COUNSELING AND TREATMENT FOR SEXUAL
TRAUMA TO INCLUDE FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ARMED
FORCES.

Section 1720D of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``active duty, active
duty for training, or inactive duty training'' and inserting
``duty, regardless of duty status or line of duty
determination (as that term is used in section 12323 of title
10)''; and
(B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ``active duty, active
duty for training, or inactive duty training'' and inserting
``duty, regardless of duty status or line of duty
determination (as that term is used in section 12323 of title
10)'';
(2) by striking ``veteran'' each place it appears and
inserting ``former member of the Armed Forces'';
(3) by striking ``veterans'' each place it appears and
inserting ``former members of the Armed Forces''; and
(4) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(g) In this section, the term `former member of the Armed
Forces' includes the following:
``(1) A veteran described in section 101(2) of this title.
``(2) An individual not described in paragraph (1) who was
discharged or released from the Armed Forces, including a
reserve component thereof, under a condition that is not
honorable but not--
``(A) a dishonorable discharge; or
``(B) a discharge by court-martial.''.
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