[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 82 (Tuesday, May 24, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3106-S3107]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4088. Mrs. BOXER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 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 B of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 526. PILOT PROGRAM ON DIRECT EMPLOYMENT FOR MEMBERS OF 
                   THE NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVES.

       (a) Pilot Program Authorized.--The Secretary of Defense may 
     conduct a pilot program to assess the feasibility and 
     advisability for providing job placement assistance and 
     related employment services directly to members of the 
     National Guard and the Reserves as a means of enhancing the 
     efforts of the Department of Defense to assist such members 
     in obtaining employment.
       (b) Administration.--
       (1) Discharge through adjutants general.--The pilot program 
     shall be conducted through the adjutants general of the 
     States under section 314 of title 32, United States Code.
       (2) Outreach.--In conducting the pilot program, the 
     adjutants general shall take appropriate actions to 
     facilitate participation in the pilot program by members of 
     the National Guard and the Reserves, including through 
     outreach to unit commanders.
       (c) Cost-sharing Requirement.--As a condition on the 
     provision of funds under this section to a State to support 
     the conduct of the pilot program in the State, the State 
     shall contribute an amount, derived from non-Federal sources, 
     equal to at least 30 percent of the funds provided by the 
     Secretary to conduct the pilot program in the State.
       (d) Assistance and Services.--In conducting the pilot 
     program, the Secretary shall--
       (1) identify unemployed and underemployed members of the 
     National Guard and the Reserves; and
       (2) provide job placement assistance and related employment 
     services to members so identified who participate in the 
     pilot program on an individualized basis, including 
     assistance and services in connection with resume writing, 
     interview preparation, job placement, post-employment follow-
     up, and such other employment-related matters as the 
     Secretary considers appropriate for purposes of the pilot 
     program.
       (e) Evaluation.--The Secretary shall develop outcome 
     measurements to evaluate the success of the pilot program.
       (f) Reporting Requirements.--
       (1) Report required.--Not later than January 31, 2022, the 
     Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of 
     the Senate and the House of Representatives a report 
     describing the results of the pilot program. The Secretary 
     shall prepare the report in coordination with the Chief of 
     the National Guard Bureau.
       (2) Elements of report.--The report under paragraph (1) 
     shall include the following:
       (A) A description and assessment of the effectiveness and 
     achievements of the pilot program, including the number of 
     members of the National Guard and the Reserves assisted under 
     the pilot program who obtained employment and the cost-per-
     placement of such members.
       (B) An assessment of the impact of the pilot program, and 
     any increase in employment levels among members of the 
     National Guard and the Reserves as a result of the pilot 
     program, on the readiness of members of the reserve 
     components of the Armed Forces.

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       (C) Such recommendations for improvement or extension of 
     the pilot program as the Secretary considers appropriate.
       (D) Any other matters the Secretary considers appropriate.
       (g) Duration of Authority.--
       (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
     authority to conduct the pilot program expires September 30, 
     2020.
       (2) Extension.--Upon the expiration of the authority under 
     paragraph (1), the Secretary may extend the pilot program for 
     not more than two additional fiscal years.
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