[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 12, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3373]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 261. Ms. DUCKWORTH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2020 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 I of subtitle F of title V, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 574. EXPANSION OF THE DEFENSE DEPENDENTS' EDUCATION 
                   SYSTEM.

       (a) Defense Dependents' Education System.--Paragraph (4) of 
     section 1414(4) of the Defense Dependents' Education Act of 
     1978 (20 U.S.C. 932) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(4) The term `United States', when used in a geographic 
     sense, means the several States and the District of 
     Columbia.''.
       (b) Teacher Pay and Practices.--Paragraph (4) of section 2 
     of the Defense Department Overseas Teachers Pay and Personnel 
     Practices Act (20 U.S.C. 901) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(4) The term `United States', when used in a geographic 
     sense, means the several States and the District of 
     Columbia.''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, 
     and shall apply to academic years of the defense dependents' 
     education system that begin on or after that date.
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