[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 89 (Thursday, June 4, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3802]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1676. Mr. UDALL (for himself and Mr. Heinrich) 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 subtitle G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1085. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR POST-9/11 EDUCATIONAL 
                   ASSISTANCE TO INCLUDE SERVICE ON ACTIVE DUTY IN 
                   ENTRY LEVEL AND SKILL TRAINING UNDER CERTAIN 
                   CIRCUMSTANCES.

       (a) For Individuals Who Serve Between 18 and 24 Months.--
     Section 3311(b)(5)(A) of title 38, United States Code, is 
     amended by striking ``excluding'' and inserting 
     ``including''.
       (b) For Individuals Who Served in Operation Enduring 
     Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, or Certain Other 
     Contingency Operations.--Section 3311(b) of such title is 
     amended in paragraphs (6)(A) and (7)(A) by striking 
     ``excluding service on active duty in entry level and skill 
     training'' and inserting ``including service on active duty 
     in entry level and skill training for individuals who served 
     on active duty in the Armed Forces in Operation Enduring 
     Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation New Dawn, or any 
     other contingency operation (as that term is defined in 
     section 101 of title 10) and excluding service on active duty 
     in entry level and skill training for all other 
     individuals''.
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