S.Amdt. 4312

SA 4312. Ms. DUCKWORTH 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 appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

SEC. ____. NATIONAL SERVICE CORPS FOR MILITARY SPOUSES AND
DEPENDENTS.

(a) Amendment to NCSA.--Part I of subtitle C of title I of
the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.
12571 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 127. NATIONAL SERVICE CORPS FOR MILITARY SPOUSES AND
DEPENDENTS.

``(a) In General.--The Corporation shall enter into an
interagency agreement under section 121(b) with the Secretary
of Defense to carry out the program under this section, which
shall be known as the `National Service Corps for Miliary
Spouses and Dependents' (referred to in this section as `the
Corps'), and which shall be funded by the Department of
Defense and carried out by the Corporation in accordance with
the terms and conditions of this subtitle, unless otherwise
specified.
``(b) Membership.--Notwithstanding section 137, the Corps
shall be composed of--
``(1) military spouses; and
``(2) dependent children who are not younger than age 16
and not older than age 26.
``(c) Number of Participants.--The number of participants
in the program under this section shall not exceed 1000.
``(d) Activities.--The recipient of a grant supported under
the interagency agreement described in subsection (a) shall
use a portion of the financial assistance or positions
involved, directly or through subgrants to other entities, to
support or carry out activities to address community needs,
as determined by the Corporation, which may include
activities described in section 122, as full- or part-time
programs.
``(e) Benefits.--
``(1) In general.--Participants in the program under this
section shall be eligible for the living allowance and other
benefits described in section 140, except for the benefits
described in subsections (d) and (e) of that section.
``(2) Health benefits.--The Corporation shall ensure that
the interagency agreement described in subsection (a)
establishes that the Secretary of Defense shall provide
coverage under a health plan, as determined by the Secretary
of Defense, for all participants in the program under this
section who are not covered beneficiaries under the TRICARE
program (as that term is defined in section 1072 of title 10,
United States Code).
``(3) Educational award.--Participants in the program under
this section shall be eligible for a national service
educational award.
``(f) Early Release From Service for Compelling Personal
Circumstances.--
``(1) Release.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Act, as determined by the Secretary of Defense, a Corps
member may be released from completing a term of service in
the approved national service position for compelling
personal circumstances.
``(2) Award.--A Corps member who is released under
paragraph (1) is eligible to receive a pro-rated national
service educational award if--
``(A) the Corps member has completed at least 15 percent of
the Corps member's term of service;
``(B) the Corps member, or a member of the Corps member's
family, receives military orders, such as a permanent change
of station (PCS), that necessitate the Corps member's
relocation away from the Corps member's service site; and
``(C) the Corps member is unable to secure an appropriate
reassignment as described in subsection (g).
``(g) Necessary Relocation.--A member of the Corps who must
relocate due to a permanent change of station (PCS) or other
military order shall, to the extent practicable, continue the
member's term of service with the member's current assignment
or by securing an appropriate reassignment. The Secretary of
Defense shall support, to the extent practicable, such a
relocating Corps member who wishes to continue the term of
service.''.
(b) Department of Defense.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall enter into
an interagency agreement with the Corporation for National
and Community Service as described in section 127 of the
National and Community Service Act of 1990 (as added by
subsection (a) of this section), and shall provide funding to
the Corporation to carry out such section.
(2) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized
to be appropriated to the Department of Defense, such sums as
may be necessary to carry out paragraph (1), including such
sums as may be necessary to provide a national service
educational award for each participant under such section
127.
(c) Effective Date.--This section, and the amendments made
by this section, shall take effect on the date that is 1 year
after the date of enactment of this section.
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