[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 148 (Wednesday, September 13, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S5679]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1023. Mr. SANDERS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1003 proposed by Mr. McCain (for himself and Mr. Reed) 
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 SUPPORT FOR BEYOND YELLOW RIBBON 
                   PROGRAMS.

       Section 582 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110-181; 10 U.S.C. 10101 note) 
     is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsections (k) and (l) as subsections 
     (l) and (m), respectively; and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (j) the following new 
     subsection (k):
       ``(k) Support for Beyond Yellow Ribbon Programs.--The 
     Secretary of Defense may award grants to States to carry out 
     programs that provide deployment cycle information, services, 
     and referrals to members of reserve components of the Armed 
     Forces, members of active components of the Armed Forces, and 
     the families of such members throughout the deployment cycle. 
     Such programs may include the provision of access to outreach 
     services, including the following:
       ``(1) Employment counseling.
       ``(2) Behavioral health counseling.
       ``(3) Suicide prevention.
       ``(4) Housing advocacy.
       ``(5) Financial counseling.
       ``(6) Referrals to for the receipt of other services.''.
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