[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 132 (Thursday, August 3, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4886]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 763. Mr. ROUNDS 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 E of title V, add the following:

     SEC. ___. ANNUAL REPORT ON PARTICIPATION IN THE TRANSITION 
                   ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
                   FORCES.

       Section 1144 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
     adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(g) Annual Report.--(1) Not later than February 28 each 
     year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a 
     report on the participation of members of the armed forces in 
     the program under this section during the preceding year.
       ``(2) Each report under this subsection shall set forth, 
     for the year covered by such report, the following:
       ``(A) The number of members who were eligible for 
     participation in the program, in aggregate and by component 
     of the armed forces.
       ``(B) The number of members who participated in the 
     program, in aggregate and by component of the armed forces, 
     for each of the following:
       ``(i) Preseparation counseling provided by the Department 
     of Defense.
       ``(ii) Briefings provided by the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs.
       ``(iii) Employment workshops provided by the Department of 
     Labor.
       ``(C) The number of members who did not participate in the 
     program due to a waiver of the participation requirement 
     under subsection (c)(2) for each service set forth in 
     subparagraph (B).
       ``(3) Each report under this subsection may also include 
     such recommendations for legislative or administrative action 
     as the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the 
     Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and 
     the Secretary of Homeland Security, considers appropriate to 
     increase participation of members of the armed forces in each 
     service set forth in paragraph (2)(B).''.
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