[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4572]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 640. Mr. HELLER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him 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 H of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 583. STRATEGY ON TRANSITION OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
                   FORCES WITH EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS IN UNMANNED 
                   AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS TO FEDERAL AGENCIES WITH 
                   POSITIONS REQUIRING SUCH SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE.

       The Secretary of Defense shall, in consultation with the 
     Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration and the 
     Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space 
     Administration, submit to Congress a report setting forth a 
     strategy for means to facilitate and encourage members of the 
     Armed Forces with experience and skills in unmanned aircraft 
     systems to obtain positions with Federal agencies requiring 
     such skills and experience after their separation from 
     military service.
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