S.Amdt. 4152

SA 4152. Ms. HASSAN 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 F of title V, add the following:

SEC. 583. ESTABLISHMENT OF EXCEPTIONAL FAMILY MEMBER PROGRAM
ADVISORY COUNCIL.

(a) Establishment.--Chapter 7 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by inserting before section 187 the
following new section 186:

``Sec. 186. Exceptional Family Member Program Advisory
Council

``(a) Establishment.--There is an Exceptional Family Member
Program Advisory Council in the Department of Defense (in
this section referred to as the `Council').
``(b) Purpose.--The purpose of the Council is to provide,
to the Subcommittees on Military Personnel of the Committees
on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives,
the Secretary of Defense, and the chiefs of the covered armed
forces, recommendations regarding how to improve the
Exceptional Family Member Program. The Council shall provide
such recommendations not less than once every six months.
``(c) Composition.--The Council shall be composed of the
following:
``(1) One member of each covered armed force--
``(A) serving on active duty;
``(B) who has a dependent--
``(i) enrolled in the Exceptional Family Member Program;
and
``(ii) with an individualized education program; and
``(C) appointed by the Vice Chief of Staff of the covered
armed force concerned.
``(2) Two military spouses--
``(A) of members eligible to be appointed under paragraph
(1);
``(B) who are not civilian employees of the Department of
Defense;
``(C) one of whom is married to an enlisted member and one
of whom is married to an officer; and
``(D) appointed by the Vice Chief of Staff of the covered
armed force concerned.
``(3) One adult dependent--
``(A) enrolled in the Exceptional Family Member Program;
and
``(B) appointed by the Vice Chief of Staff of the covered
armed force concerned.
``(4) One representative of the Exceptional Family Member
Program Coalition.
``(5) One member of the Defense Health Agency.
``(6) One member of the Department of Defense Education
Activity.

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``(7) One member of the Office of Special Needs.
``(d) Appointments.--In making appointments under
subsection (c), the Vice Chief of Staff of the covered armed
force concerned shall seek to represent the diversity of the
disability community.
``(e) Terms.--Each member of the Council shall serve a term
of two years, except one of the original members appointed
under subsection (c)(2), selected by the Secretary of Defense
at the time of appointment, one shall be appointed for a term
of three years.
``(f) Meetings.--The Council shall meet at least once every
calendar quarter, in person or by teleconference.
``(g) Covered Armed Force Defined.--In this section, the
term `covered armed force' means an armed force under the
jurisdiction of the Secretary of a military department.''.
(b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Table of sections.--The table of sections at the
beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting before the
item relating to section 187 the following new item:

``186. Exceptional Family Member Program Advisory Council.''.
(2) Termination of advisory panel on community support for
military families with special needs.--Section 563 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010
(Public Law 111-84; 10 U.S.C. 1781c note) is amended by
striking subsection (d).
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