S.Amdt. 4096

SA 4096. Mr. CARDIN 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 E of title V, add the following:

SEC. 576. REPORT ON STATUS OF ARMY TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
ARMY IGNITED PROGRAM.

(a) In General.--Not later than 60 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a report on
the status of the Army IgnitED program of the Army's Tuition
Assistance Program.
(b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a)
shall describe--

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(1) the estimated date when the Army IgnitED program will
be fully functional;
(2) the estimated date when service members will be
reimbursed for out of pocket expenses caused by processing
delays and errors under the Army IgnitED program; and
(3) the estimated date when institutions of higher
education will be fully reimbursed for all costs typically
provided through the Tuition Assistance Program but delayed
due to processing delays and errors under the Army IgnitED
program.
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