S.Amdt. 2553

SA 2553. Mr. PADILLA 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 in title II, insert the following:

SEC. ___. EXPANSION OF AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES UNDER DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE EDUCATION PARTNERSHIPS TO INCLUDE
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR ACTIVITIES.

Section 2194(b) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) in paragraph (6), by striking ``; and'' and inserting a
semicolon;
(2) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the end and
inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(8) entering into contracts, cooperative agreements, or
grants with the educational institution to provide financial
assistance for activities under the partnership agreement.''.
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