S.Amdt. 4051

SA 4051. Mr. CRUZ (for himself and Mr. Marshall) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr.
Reed and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2022 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 G of title V, add the following:

SEC. 596. ANNUAL REPORT ON RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS.

(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional
defense committees a report on the granting of religious
exemptions to members of the Armed Forces during the previous
fiscal year.
(b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a)
shall include the following information, disaggregated by
religion and by military service:
(1) The number of requests for religious exemptions that
were received by the Department of Defense.
(2) The number of such requested exemptions that were
granted.
(3) The number of such requested exemptions that were
denied.
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