[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 150 (Monday, September 18, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S5810]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1100. Mr. REED (for Mr. Durbin (for himself, Ms. Harris, Ms. 
Baldwin, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Booker, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mrs. Feinstein, Ms. 
Hassan, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Merkley, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Warner, and Mr. 
Whitehouse)) proposed an amendment 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; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle C of title V, add the following:

     SEC. ___. MODIFICATION OF BASIS FOR EXTENSION OF PERIOD FOR 
                   ENLISTMENT IN THE ARMED FORCES UNDER THE 
                   DELAYED ENTRY PROGRAM.

       Section 513(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (4);
       (2) by designating the second sentence of paragraph (1) as 
     paragraph (2) and indenting the left margin of such paragraph 
     (2), as so designated, two ems from the left margin;
       (3) in paragraph (2), as so designated, by inserting 
     ``described in paragraph (1)'' after ``the 365-day period'';
       (4) by inserting after paragraph (2), as designated by this 
     section, the following new paragraph (3):
       ``(3)(A) The Secretary concerned may extend by up to an 
     additional 365 days the period of extension under paragraph 
     (2) for a person who enlists under section 504(b)(2) of this 
     title if the Secretary determines that the period of 
     extension under this paragraph is required for the 
     performance of adequate background and security reviews of 
     that person.
       ``(B) The authority to make an extension under this 
     paragraph shall expire on December 31, 2019. The expiration 
     of such authority shall not effect the validity of any 
     extension made in accordance with this paragraph on or before 
     that date.''; and
       (5) in paragraph (4), as redesignated by paragraph (1) of 
     this section, by striking ``paragraph (1)'' and inserting 
     ``this subsection''.

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