[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 88 (Wednesday, June 3, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3706]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1544. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense and for military construction, 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. ___. EXTENSION OF PERIOD FOR USE OF ENTITLEMENT TO POST-
                   9/11 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR INDIVIDUALS 
                   WITH POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER OR 
                   TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY.

       (a) Extended Period.--Section 3312 of title 38, United 
     States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``in subsections (b) and 
     (c)'' and inserting ``in subsections (b), (c), and (d)''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(d) Extended Period for Individuals With Post-traumatic 
     Stress Disorder or Traumatic Brain Injury.--Subject to 
     section 3695 of this title and except as provided in 
     subsections (b) and (c), an individual entitled to 
     educational assistance under this chapter who has a service-
     connected disability consisting of post-traumatic stress 
     disorder or traumatic brain injury is entitled to a number of 
     months of educational assistance under section 3313 of this 
     title equal to 54 months.''.
       (b) Reduced Amount.--Section 3313 of such title is amended 
     by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(j) Reduced Amount for Individuals With Extended Period 
     of Assistance.--The amount of educational assistance payable 
     under this section to an individual described in section 
     3312(d) of this title shall be 67 percent of the amount 
     otherwise payable to such individual under this section.''.
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