S.Amdt. 3898

SA 3898. Mr. SANDERS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2026 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. 550. ASSISTANCE FOR DEPLOYMENT-RELATED SUPPORT OF
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES UNDERGOING
DEPLOYMENT AND THEIR FAMILIES BEYOND THE YELLOW
RIBBON REINTEGRATION PROGRAM.

Section 582 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2008 (10 U.S.C. 10101 note) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (k) and (l) as subsections
(l) and (m), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (j) the following new
subsection (k):
``(k) Support Beyond Program.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall provide
funds to States, Territories, and government entities to
carry out programs, and other activities as the Secretary
considers appropriate, that provide deployment cycle
information, services, and referrals to eligible individuals
throughout the deployment cycle. Such programs may include
the provision of access to outreach services, including the
following:
``(A) Employment counseling.
``(B) Behavioral health counseling.
``(C) Suicide prevention.
``(D) Housing advocacy.
``(E) Financial counseling.
``(F) Referrals for the receipt of other related services.
``(2) Appropriation.--
``(A) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated,
and there are appropriated, to carry out paragraph (1)--
``(i) for fiscal year 2026, $25,000,000; and
``(ii) for fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal year
thereafter, the amount appropriated for the preceding fiscal
year, adjusted to reflect the percentage (if any) of the
increase in the average of the Consumer Price Index for the
preceding 12-month period compared to the Consumer Price
Index for fiscal year 2025.
``(B) Consumer price index defined.--In this paragraph, the
term `Consumer Price Index' means the Consumer Price Index
for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics of the Department of Labor.''.

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