[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 99 (Thursday, June 13, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3488]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 394. Mr. ROUNDS 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 end of subtitle C of title V, add the following:

     SEC. ___. PERSONNEL TEMPO OF THE ARMED FORCES AND THE UNITED 
                   STATES SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND DURING 
                   PERIODS OF INAPPLICABILITY OF HIGH-DEPLOYMENT 
                   LIMITATIONS.

       (a) In General.--Section 991(d) of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``The Secretary''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(2)(A) Whenever a waiver is in effect under paragraph 
     (1), the member or group of members covered by the waiver 
     shall be subject to specific and measurable deployment 
     thresholds established and maintained for purposes of this 
     subsection.
       ``(B) Thresholds under this paragraph may be applicable--
       ``(i) uniformly, Department of Defense-wide; or
       ``(ii) separately, with respect to each armed force and the 
     United States Special Operations Command.
       ``(C) If thresholds under this paragraph are applicable 
     Department-wide, such thresholds shall be established and 
     maintained by the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel 
     and Readiness. If such thresholds are applicable only to a 
     separate armed force or the Under States Special Operations 
     Command, such thresholds shall be established and maintained 
     by the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy 
     (other than with respect to the Marine Corps), the Secretary 
     of the Air Force, the Commandant of the Marine Corps (with 
     respect to the Marine Corps), and the Commander of the United 
     States Special Operations Command, as applicable.
       ``(D) In undertaking recordkeeping for purposes of 
     subsection (c), the Under Secretary shall, in conjunction 
     with the other officials and officers referred to in 
     subparagraph (C), collect complete and reliable personnel 
     tempo data of members described in subparagraph (A) in order 
     to ensure that the Department, the armed forces, and the 
     United States Special Operations Command fully and completely 
     monitor personnel tempo under a waiver under paragraph (1) 
     and its impact on the armed forces.''.
       (b) Deadline for Implementation.--Paragraph (2) of section 
     991(d) of title 10, United States Code, as added by 
     subsection (a), shall be fully implemented by not later than 
     March 1, 2020.
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