[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 88 (Monday, June 6, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3456]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4425. Mr. HELLER 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 E of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 565. REPORT AND GUIDANCE ON JOB TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT 
                   SKILLS TRAINING, APPRENTICESHIPS, AND 
                   INTERNSHIPS AND SKILLBRIDGE INITIATIVES FOR 
                   MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES WHO ARE BEING 
                   SEPARATED.

       (a) Report Required.--Not later than 90 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense 
     for Personnel and Readiness shall submit to the Committees on 
     Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives, and make available to the public, a report 
     evaluating the success of the Job Training, Employment Skills 
     Training, Apprenticeships, and Internships (known as JTEST-
     AI) and SkillBridge initiatives, under which civilian 
     businesses and companies make available to members of the 
     Armed Forces who are being separated from the Armed Forces 
     training or internship opportunities that offer a high 
     probability of employment for the members after their 
     separation.
       (b) Elements.--In preparing the report required by 
     subsection (a), the Under Secretary shall use the 
     effectiveness metrics described in Enclosure 5 of Department 
     of Defense Instruction No. 1322.29. The report shall include 
     the following:
       (1) An assessment of the successes of the Job Training, 
     Employment Skills Training, Apprenticeships, and Internships 
     and SkillBridge initiatives.
       (2) Recommendations by the Under Secretary on ways in which 
     the administration of the initiatives could be improved.
       (3) Recommendations by civilian companies participating in 
     the initiatives on ways in which the administration of the 
     initiatives could be improved.
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