[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 89 (Thursday, June 4, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3794]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1648. Mr. MERKLEY 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 end of part II of subtitle D of title V, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 540. ELIGIBILITY OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMY FOR TUITION 
                   ASSISTANCE THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
                   EFFECTIVE UPON COMPLETION OF INITIAL ENTRY 
                   TRAINING IN THE ARMY.

       Notwithstanding Army policy ALARACT 317/2013 or any similar 
     policy, any individual who is enlisted, inducted, or 
     appointed as a member of the Army, including the Army 
     National Guard of the United States and the Army Reserve, 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, shall be 
     eligible for tuition assistance through the Department of 
     Defense for members of the Armed Forces upon completion of 
     initial entry training, rather than upon completion of one 
     year of service after completion of initial entry training, 
     to the same extent such members would have been eligible for 
     such tuition assistance before the issuance of ALARACT 317/
     2013.
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