S.Amdt. 493

SA 493. Mr. CRAPO (for himself, Ms. Stabenow, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr.
Risch, Ms. Rosen, and Mr. Peters) 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 subtitle E of title V, add the following:

SEC. 569. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES REPORT ON
PARTICIPATION IN TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
AT SMALL AND REMOTE MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.

(a) Report Required.--Not later than 18 months after the
date of the successful implementation of section 552 of the
John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232), the Comptroller General of
the United States shall submit to the appropriate committees
of Congress a report on a review, conducted by the
Comptroller General for purposes of the report, on the
participation in covered transition assistance programs of
members of the Armed Forces assigned to small military
installations and remote military installations as described
in subsection (c).
(b) Covered Transition Assistance Programs.--For purposes
of this section, covered transition assistance programs are
the following:
(1) The Transition Assistance Program.
(2) The programs under section 1143(e) of title 10, United
States Code (commonly referred to as ``Job Training,
Employment Skills, Apprenticeships and Internships (JTEST-
AI)'' or ``Skill Bridge'').
(3) Any other program of apprenticeship, on-the-job
training, or internship offered at a small military
installation or remote installation that the Comptroller
General considers appropriate for inclusion in the review
under this section.
(c) Small Military Installations; Remote Military
Installations.--For purposes of this section:
(1) A small military installation is an installation at
which are assigned not more than 10,000 members of the Armed
Forces.
(2) A remote military installation is any installation as
follows:
(A) An installation in the United States that is located
more than 50 miles from any city with a population of 50,000
people or more (as determined by the Office of Management and
Budget).
(B) An installation that is located outside the United
States.
(d) Scope of Review.--In conducting the review, the
Comptroller General shall evaluate participation in covered
transition assistance programs at a number of small military
installations and remote military installations that is
sufficient to provide a complete understanding of the
participation in such programs of members of the Armed Forces
at such installations throughout the United States.
(e) Elements.--The review under this section shall include
the following:
(1) Rates of participation of members of the Armed Forces
in covered transition assistance programs at small military
installations and remote military installations in the United
States.
(2) In the case of the Transition Assistance Program, the
following:
(A) Compliance with the deadlines for participation
provided for in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section
1142(a)(3) of title 10, United States Code.
(B) A comparison between rates of participation in person
and rates of participation online.
(C) The average ratio of permanent, full-time equivalent
program staff to participating members at small military
installations and at remote military installations.
(D) The average number of program staff (including full-
time equivalent staff and contractor staff) physically and
permanently located on installation at small military
installations and at remote military installations.
(3) Such other matters with respect to participation in
covered transition assistance programs of members assigned to
small military installations and remote military
installations as the Comptroller General considers
appropriate.
(f) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress''
means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Veterans' Affairs of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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