S.Amdt. 404

SA 404. Mr. BENNET (for himself and Mr. Perdue) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1790, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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 part II of subtitle F of title V, add the
following:

SEC. 569. BRIEFING ON REQUIREMENTS OF MILITARY FAMILIES OF
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES ON ROTATION AWAY
FROM HOME BASE BUT NOT DEPLOYED TO A COMBAT
ZONE.

(a) Briefing Required.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense
shall brief the congressional defense committees on
requirements of military families of members of the Armed
Forces in units that are on rotation away from home base but
are not deployed to a combat zone in connection with such
rotations.
(b) Elements.--The briefing required by subsection (a)
shall address the following:
(1) The anticipated and unmet need of military families
described in subsection (a) for each of the following:
(A) Access to family counseling.
(B) Access to childcare services.
(2) The need for support of Department or Defense Education
Activity or other public schools in connection with such
families.
(3) The differences, if any, in the needs of such families
depending on the component of the members concerned, whether
regular, Reserve, or National Guard.
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