S.Amdt. 6121

SA 6121. Mr. THUNE 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 DELAYS IN SKILLBRIDGE PROGRAM.

(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Veterans Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Veterans Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on delays in the Skillbridge program.

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

(1) A description of annual Skillbridge participation, including--

(A) a breakdown of rank and military occupation of participating active duty service members; and

(B) a breakdown of participation by State and industry.

(2) The number of veterans employed by Skillbridge employers one year after leaving active duty.

(3) The average time for the Department of Defense to complete applications received from prospective industry partners and employers.

(4) A plan to reduce the time it takes for the Department to process applications to less than one month.

(c) Skillbridge Defined.--In this section, the term “Skillbridge” means the employment skills training program carried out under section 1143(e) of title 10, United States Code.