[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 95 (Monday, June 15, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S4145]
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  SA 2027. Mr. PETERS (for himself, Mr. Daines, and Mr. Tillis) 
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 G of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 573. REPORT ON CERTAIN APPLICATIONS FOR UPGRADE IN 
                   DISCHARGE STATUS FROM THE ARMED FORCES BASED ON 
                   POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER OR TRAUMATIC 
                   BRAIN INJURY.

       Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
     Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives a report on the number of former members of 
     the Armed Forces who applied for an upgrade in discharge 
     status between September 3, 2009, and September 3, 2014, on 
     the basis of post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic 
     brain injury. The report shall set forth the following:
       (1) The number of applications in which the member 
     concerned was wounded or injured in military service and 
     received a discharge on other than honorable conditions.
       (2) The number of applications for which relief was 
     granted.
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