S.Amdt. 494

SA 494. Mr. CRAPO (for himself, Ms. Stabenow, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr.
Risch, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Gardner, 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. COMMAND MATTERS IN CONNECTION WITH TRANSITION
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.

(a) Inclusion of Support for Participation in Programs in
Command Climate Assessments.--Each command climate assessment
for the commander of a military installation shall include an
assessment of the extent to which the commander and other
command personnel at the installation encourage and support
the participation in covered transition assistance programs
of members of the Armed Forces at the installation who are
eligible for participation in such programs.
(b) Training on Programs.--The training provided a
commander of a military installation in connection with the
commencement of assignment to the installation shall include
a module on the covered transition assistance programs
available for members of the Armed Forces assigned to the
installation.
(c) Deadline for Implementation.--The requirements of
subsections (a) and (b) shall be fully implemented by not
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this
Act.
(d) Covered Transition Assistance Programs Defined.--In
this section, the term ``covered transition assistance
programs'' means 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 program of apprenticeship, on-the-job-training,
internship, education, or transition assistance offered
(whether by public or private entities) in the vicinity of
the military installation concerned in which members of the
Armed Forces at the installation are eligible to participate.
(4) Any other program of apprenticeship, on-the-job
training, internship, education, or transition assistance
specified by the Secretary of Defense for purposes of this
section.
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