[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 139 (Tuesday, August 21, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5785-S5786]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3895. Mr. BROWN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3695 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6157, making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title VIII of division A, 
     insert the following:
       Sec. ___. (a) Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall develop 
     and implement for the Department of Defense a mechanism to 
     track and monitor information on the indebtedness of 
     individuals to the United States arising out of service in 
     the Armed Forces.
       (b) The mechanism required by subsection (a) shall do the 
     following:
       (1) Identify each individual who has a current indebtedness 
     to the United States arising out of the individual's service 
     in the Armed Forces.
       (2) Identify the current age and amount of indebtedness to 
     the United States arising out of service in the Armed Forces 
     of each individual identified pursuant to paragraph (1)
       (3) For each debt of an individual identified pursuant to 
     paragraph (2), specify the following:
       (A) Whether such debt is the result of a delay in 
     Department of Defense processing changes to beneficiary 
     status or another action of the Department.
       (B) Whether such debt is currently disputed by such 
     individual.
       (C) The amount and type of any fees or interest charges 
     that have been applied to such debt, including any amounts 
     charged for processing or handling the collection of such 
     debt
       (c) Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report 
     on the status of the development and implementation of the 
     mechanism required by subsection (a).

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