S.Amdt. 2537

SA 2537. Mr. MURPHY (for himself and Mr. Blumenthal) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4638, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 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, insert the following:

SEC. __. INCREASE IN NUMBER OF NAVY DEPLOYED RESILIENCY
COUNSELORS.

Section 9903(e) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) by striking ``The number'' and inserting ``(1) Except
as provided by paragraph (2), the number''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(2) Without regard to the limitation under paragraph (1),
the Secretary may appoint and retain under subsection (b)(1)
two licensed clinicians to serve as Navy deployed resiliency
counselors for each nuclear-powered aircraft carrier (CVN) or
large deck amphibious ship/landing helicopter assault ship
(LHD/LHA) in the Naval Vessel Register.''.
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