[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 146 (Monday, September 11, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S5140]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 899. Mr. SANDERS 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. AUTHORIZATION OF THE BEYOND THE YELLOW RIBBON 
                   PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense may carry out the 
     Beyond the Yellow Ribbon program.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to carry out the Beyond the Yellow Ribbon 
     program $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2018 and each fiscal year 
     thereafter.
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