[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 83 (Wednesday, May 25, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3206-S3207]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4189. Mr. FLAKE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him 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 H of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1085. REPORT ON MILITARY BANDS.

       Not later than December 1, 2016, the Secretary of Defense 
     shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the 
     Senate and the House of Representatives a report, in 
     unclassified form, on military bands. The report shall set 
     forth the following:

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       (1) The current number and location of military bands, by 
     Armed Force.
       (2) The cost of military bands (including costs of 
     recruitment, training, facilities, and transportation) during 
     fiscal year 2016.
       (3) The number of members of the Armed Forces assigned to 
     military bands during fiscal year 2016.
       (4) The history of reductions in military bands during the 
     five fiscal years ending in fiscal year 2016.
       (5) An assessment of the feasibility and advisability of 
     combining military bands at joint locations.
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