[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4590-S4591]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 701. Ms. HARRIS (for herself and Mrs. Feinstein) 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 B of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 513. EXCLUSION OF MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD 
                   PERFORMING FUNERAL HONORS FROM COUNTING FOR 
                   ACTIVE-DUTY END STRENGTH LEVELS.

       (a) In General.--Subsection (i) of section 115 of title 10, 
     United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new paragraph:
       ``(14) Members of the National Guard on active duty or 
     full-time National Guard duty for the purpose of carrying out 
     funeral honors activities under section 115 of title 32.''.
       (b) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (b)(3)(B) of such 
     section is amended by striking ``through (8)'' and inserting 
     ``through (14)''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect on October 1, 2017, and shall apply with 
     respect to National Guard members ordered to active duty for 
     the purpose of preparing and performing funeral honors 
     before, on, or after that date.

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