[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 84 (Thursday, May 26, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3348]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4351. Mr. REID (for Mr. Blumenthal) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by Mr. Reid 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:

       After section 536, insert the following:

     SEC. 536A. INDEXING AND PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF DECISIONS AND 
                   OTHER DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH ACTIONS OF 
                   BOARDS FOR THE CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS.

       Section 1552(a) of title 10, United States Code, as amended 
     by section 536(a)(1) of this Act, is further amended--
       (1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs 
     (5) and (6), respectively; and
       (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new 
     paragraph (4):
       ``(4)(A) The record of the votes of each board under this 
     section, and all other statements of findings, conclusions, 
     and recommendations made on final determinations of 
     applications by such board, shall be indexed and promptly 
     made available for public inspection and copying at the Armed 
     Forces Discharge Review/Correction Boards Reading Room 
     located on the Concourse of the Pentagon Building in Room 
     2E123, Washington, DC.
       ``(B) Any documents made available for public inspection 
     and copying pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be indexed in 
     a usable and concise form so as to enable the public to 
     identify cases similar in issue together with the 
     circumstances under or reasons for which the board concerned 
     granted or denied relief. Each index shall be published 
     quarterly, and shall be available for public inspection and 
     distribution by sale at the Reading Room referred to in 
     subparagraph (A).
       ``(C) To the extent necessary to prevent a clearly 
     unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, the following shall 
     be deleted from documents made available for public 
     inspection and copying pursuant to subparagraph (A):
       ``(i) Identifying details of applicants and other persons.
       ``(ii) Names, addresses, social security numbers, and 
     military service numbers.
       ``(iii) Subject to subparagraph (D), other information that 
     is privileged or classified.
       ``(D) Information that is privileged or classified may be 
     deleted pursuant to subparagraph (C)(iii) from documents made 
     available for public inspection and copying pursuant to 
     subparagraph (A) only if a written statement of the basis for 
     such deletion is made available for public inspection.''.
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