[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 99 (Thursday, June 13, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3512]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 494. Mr. CRAPO (for himself, Ms. Stabenow, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. 
Risch, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Gardner, and Mr. Peters) 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 E of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 569. COMMAND MATTERS IN CONNECTION WITH TRANSITION 
                   ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.

       (a) Inclusion of Support for Participation in Programs in 
     Command Climate Assessments.--Each command climate assessment 
     for the commander of a military installation shall include an 
     assessment of the extent to which the commander and other 
     command personnel at the installation encourage and support 
     the participation in covered transition assistance programs 
     of members of the Armed Forces at the installation who are 
     eligible for participation in such programs.
       (b) Training on Programs.--The training provided a 
     commander of a military installation in connection with the 
     commencement of assignment to the installation shall include 
     a module on the covered transition assistance programs 
     available for members of the Armed Forces assigned to the 
     installation.
       (c) Deadline for Implementation.--The requirements of 
     subsections (a) and (b) shall be fully implemented by not 
     later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
     Act.
       (d) Covered Transition Assistance Programs Defined.--In 
     this section, the term ``covered transition assistance 
     programs'' means the following:
       (1) The Transition Assistance Program.
       (2) The programs under section 1143(e) of title 10, United 
     States Code (commonly referred to as ``Job Training, 
     Employment Skills, Apprenticeships and Internships (JTEST-
     AI)'' or ``Skill Bridge'').
       (3) Any program of apprenticeship, on-the-job-training, 
     internship, education, or transition assistance offered 
     (whether by public or private entities) in the vicinity of 
     the military installation concerned in which members of the 
     Armed Forces at the installation are eligible to participate.
       (4) Any other program of apprenticeship, on-the-job 
     training, internship, education, or transition assistance 
     specified by the Secretary of Defense for purposes of this 
     section.
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