[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4540]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 582. Ms. HIRONO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2018 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 C of title V, add the following:

     SEC. ___. REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF GAO RECOMMENDATIONS 
                   RELATING TO CONSIDERATION OF POST-TRAUMATIC 
                   STRESS DISORDER AND TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN 
                   MISCONDUCT SEPARATIONS.

       Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
     congressional defense committees a report on the 
     implementation by the Department of Defense of the 
     recommendations from the Government Accountability Office 
     report entitled ``Actions Needed to Ensure Post-Traumatic 
     Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury Are Considered in 
     Misconduct Separations'' and published on May 16, 2017.
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