S.Amdt. 5551

SA 5551. Mr. LANKFORD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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. 564. REPORT ON STATUS OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM EDUCATION AND TRAINING.

(a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the implementation of the training for all components of the Armed Forces required by Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 1300.17, entitled “Religious Liberty in the Military Services” and issued on September 1, 2020.

(b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) shall include the following elements:

(1) A copy of the educational materials for each military service.

(2) A description, disaggregated by military service, of--

(A) the number of trainings that have been conducted pursuant to DoDI 1300.17;

(B) the number of members of the Armed Forces who have received the training; and

(C) the number of members of the Armed Forces who have yet to complete the training.