[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 140 (Wednesday, August 22, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5854-S5855]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3980. Mr. CASSIDY 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

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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. ___. ANNUAL REPORTS ON THE READINESS OF THE ENLISTED 
                   MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

       (a) Annual Report Required.--Not later than 90 days after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, and not less 
     frequently than once each year thereafter, the Secretary of 
     Defense shall submit to Congress a report on readiness of the 
     enlisted members of the Armed Forces.
       (b) Elements.--Each report submitted under subsection (a) 
     shall include, for the one-year period ending on the date of 
     such report, the following (which shall be disaggregated, 
     when applicable, by members of the Armed Forces who have been 
     deployed and by members who have not been deployed):
       (1) The percentage of enlisted members who were diagnosed 
     with a mental health disorder before joining the Armed 
     Forces.
       (2) The percentage of enlisted members who were diagnosed 
     with a mental health disorder during their first year as a 
     member of the Armed Forces.
       (3) The percentage of individuals--
       (A) who were discharged or released from service in the 
     Armed Forces during their first year in such service; and
       (B) whose discharge or release from service in the Armed 
     Forces was under conditions that were dishonorable or other 
     than honorable.
       (4) The percentage of individuals who enlisted in the Armed 
     Forces pursuant to a waiver to enlist, set forth by Armed 
     Force.
       (5) The reasons for the waivers described in paragraph (4), 
     set forth by Armed Force.
       (6) The percentage of enlisted members who committed 
     suicide during their first year of service in the Armed 
     Forces.
       (7) The percentage of enlisted members who committee 
     suicide during their third year of service in the Armed 
     Forces.

     SEC. ___. CENTRALIZED DATABASE ON CANDIDATES NOT ACCEPTED FOR 
                   ENLISTMENT IN THE ARMED FORCES.

       Commencing not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     establish and maintain within the Department of Defense a 
     centralized database on candidates who were not accepted for 
     enlistment in the Armed Forces, including the reasons for 
     non-acceptance.
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