[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 91 (Tuesday, June 9, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3941]
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  SA 1895. Mr. HELLER 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 subtitle C of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 524. EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT OF THE ENLISTMENT OF 
                   CERTAIN ALIENS IN THE ARMED FORCES ON MILIARY 
                   READINESS.

       (a) Evaluation Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
     evaluate--
       (1) whether permitting covered aliens to enlist in the 
     Armed Forces could expand the pool of potential enlistees in 
     the Armed Forces; and
       (2) how making covered aliens eligible for enlistment in 
     the Armed Forces would impact military readiness.
       (b) Covered Aliens Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``covered aliens'' means aliens who--
       (1) were unlawfully present in the United States on 
     December 31, 2011;
       (2) have been continuously present in the United States 
     since that date;
       (3) were younger than 16 years of age on the date the 
     aliens initially entered the United States; and
       (4) disregarding such unlawful status, are otherwise 
     eligible for original enlistment in a regular component of 
     the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard.
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