[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 12, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3378]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 272. Mr. TESTER (for himself and Ms. Murkowski) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him 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 appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. INFORMATION FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES 
                   REGARDING AVAILABILITY OF SERVICES FROM THE 
                   DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall inform 
     members of the Armed Forces, using mechanisms available to 
     the Secretary, of the eligibility of such members for 
     services from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
       (b) Information From Sexual Assault Response 
     Coordinators.--The Secretary shall ensure that Sexual Assault 
     Response Coordinators of the Department of Defense advise 
     members of the Armed Forces who report instances of military 
     sexual trauma regarding the eligibility of such members for 
     services at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
       (c) Military Sexual Trauma Defined.--In this section, the 
     term ``military sexual trauma'' means psychological trauma 
     described in section 1720D(a)(1) of title 38, United States 
     Code.
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