[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 93 (Wednesday, June 6, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3231]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2303. Mr. SANDERS (for himself and Mr. Heller) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. 
Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain) and intended to be proposed to the 
bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2019 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 part II of subtitle F of title V, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 577. ASSISTANCE OF STATES FOR DEPLOYMENT-RELATED SUPPORT 
                   OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES UNDERGOING 
                   DEPLOYMENT AND THEIR FAMILIES BEYOND THE YELLOW 
                   RIBBON REINTEGRATION PROGRAM.

       Section 582 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2008 (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 Beyond Program.--The Secretary of Defense 
     shall provide funding to States to carry out programs that 
     provide deployment cycle information, services, and referrals 
     to members of the Armed Forces, including members of the 
     regular components and members of the reserve components, 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 for the receipt of other related 
     services.''.
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