[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 91 (Tuesday, June 9, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3936-S3937]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1875. 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, 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. FEASIBILITY STUDY ON EXPANDING ACCESS TO POST-9/11 
                   EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE BY INDIVIDUALS WITH 
                   POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER OR TRAUMATIC 
                   BRAIN INJURY.

       Not later than January 31, 2016, the Secretary of Defense 
     and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly--
       (1) complete a study on the feasibility of enabling 
     individuals entitled to educational assistance under chapter 
     33 of title 38, United States Code, who have post-traumatic 
     stress disorder or traumatic brain injury to pursue a program 
     of education with such assistance on a less than full-time 
     but more than half-time basis; and
       (2) submit to the congressional defense committees, the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate, and the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives a report on the study carried out under 
     paragraph (1), which shall include the findings of the 
     secretaries and recommendations

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     for such legislative or administrative action as the 
     secretaries consider appropriate.
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