[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 493. Mr. CRAPO (for himself, Ms. Stabenow, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. 
Risch, Ms. Rosen, 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. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES REPORT ON 
                   PARTICIPATION IN TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
                   AT SMALL AND REMOTE MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.

       (a) Report Required.--Not later than 18 months after the 
     date of the successful implementation of section 552 of the 
     John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
     Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232), the Comptroller General of 
     the United States shall submit to the appropriate committees 
     of Congress a report on a review, conducted by the 
     Comptroller General for purposes of the report, on the 
     participation in covered transition assistance programs of 
     members of the Armed Forces assigned to small military 
     installations and remote military installations as described 
     in subsection (c).
       (b) Covered Transition Assistance Programs.--For purposes 
     of this section, covered transition assistance programs are 
     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 other program of apprenticeship, on-the-job 
     training, or internship offered at a small military 
     installation or remote installation that the Comptroller 
     General considers appropriate for inclusion in the review 
     under this section.
       (c) Small Military Installations; Remote Military 
     Installations.--For purposes of this section:
       (1) A small military installation is an installation at 
     which are assigned not more than 10,000 members of the Armed 
     Forces.
       (2) A remote military installation is any installation as 
     follows:
       (A) An installation in the United States that is located 
     more than 50 miles from any city with a population of 50,000 
     people or more (as determined by the Office of Management and 
     Budget).
       (B) An installation that is located outside the United 
     States.
       (d) Scope of Review.--In conducting the review, the 
     Comptroller General shall evaluate participation in covered 
     transition assistance programs at a number of small military 
     installations and remote military installations that is 
     sufficient to provide a complete understanding of the 
     participation in such programs of members of the Armed Forces 
     at such installations throughout the United States.
       (e) Elements.--The review under this section shall include 
     the following:
       (1) Rates of participation of members of the Armed Forces 
     in covered transition assistance programs at small military 
     installations and remote military installations in the United 
     States.
       (2) In the case of the Transition Assistance Program, the 
     following:
       (A) Compliance with the deadlines for participation 
     provided for in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 
     1142(a)(3) of title 10, United States Code.
       (B) A comparison between rates of participation in person 
     and rates of participation online.
       (C) The average ratio of permanent, full-time equivalent 
     program staff to participating members at small military 
     installations and at remote military installations.
       (D) The average number of program staff (including full-
     time equivalent staff and contractor staff) physically and 
     permanently located on installation at small military 
     installations and at remote military installations.
       (3) Such other matters with respect to participation in 
     covered transition assistance programs of members assigned to 
     small military installations and remote military 
     installations as the Comptroller General considers 
     appropriate.
       (f) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs of the Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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