[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4540]
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SA 581. 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 part II of subtitle F of title V, add the
following:
SEC. ___. ISSUANCE OF CONSOLIDATED PREGNANCY AND PARENTHOOD
INSTRUCTION FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.
The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that each military
department issues a single, consolidated instruction that
addresses the decisions, actions, and requirements for
members of the Armed Forces relating to pregnancy, the
postpartum period, and parenthood.
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