S.Amdt. 743

SA 743. Mr. BOOKER 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. 582. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR THE MY CAREER
ADVANCEMENT ACCOUNT PROGRAM TO CERTAIN MILITARY
SPOUSES.

(a) Eligibility for Participants Whose Spouses Receive
Promotions.--A military spouse who is participating in the My
Career Advancement Account program of the Department of
Defense (in this section referred to as the ``Program'') may
not become ineligible for the Program solely because the
member of the Armed Forces to whom the military spouse is
married receives a promotion in grade.
(b) Report Required.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to Congress a report on the Program.
(2) Elements.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall
include the following:
(A) An assessment of employment rates for military spouses
that identifies--
(i) the career fields most military spouses frequently
pursue; and
(ii) the extent to which such rates may be improved by
expanding the Program to include reimbursements for licensing
reciprocity.
(B) An assessment of costs required to expand the Program
as described in subparagraph (A)(ii).
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