[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 90 (Monday, June 8, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3878]
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  SA 1840. Mr. ISAKSON (for himself and Mr. Perdue) 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, 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 part II of subtitle D of title V, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 540. MODIFICATION OF RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS AND CONTENT 
                   DELIVERY METHODS FOR PHASE II JOINT 
                   PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION.

       (a) Residency Requirements.--Title 10, United States Code, 
     is amended as follows:
       (1) In section 2154(a)(2), by striking ``in residence at'' 
     and inserting ``by''.
       (2) In section 2156(a), by striking ``at the Joint Forces 
     Staff College may not be less than 10 weeks of resident 
     instruction'' and inserting ``through the Joint Forces Staff 
     College shall be set by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 
     Staff''.
       (b) Delivery Methods.--Section 2154 of such is further 
     amended by adding the following new subsection:
       ``(c) Delivery Methods.--The Secretary is authorized to 
     certify nonresident courses for Phase II instruction, 
     provided the joint acculturation objectives of subsections 
     (b), (c), and (d) of section 2155 of this title are met.''.
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