[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 96 (Monday, June 11, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3627]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2624. Mr. BENNET (for himself and Ms. Duckworth) 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 subtitle F of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 10__. INCREASING EMPLOYMENT FOR MEMBERS OF ARMED FORCES 
                   IN EMERGING INDUSTRIES.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense, in coordination 
     with the Secretary of Energy, shall evaluate the military 
     installations at which it would be cost-effective to 
     establish a partnership with community colleges and the 
     private sector to train veterans and members of the Armed 
     Forces transitioning to civilian life to enter the 
     cybersecurity, clean energy, and artificial intelligence 
     workforces.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
     to the congressional defense committees and make publicly 
     available a report describing the results of the evaluation 
     conducted under subsection (a).
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