[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 102 (Tuesday, June 18, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3760]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 743. Mr. BOOKER 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 part II of subtitle F of title V, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 582. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR THE MY CAREER 
                   ADVANCEMENT ACCOUNT PROGRAM TO CERTAIN MILITARY 
                   SPOUSES.

       (a) Eligibility for Participants Whose Spouses Receive 
     Promotions.--A military spouse who is participating in the My 
     Career Advancement Account program of the Department of 
     Defense (in this section referred to as the ``Program'') may 
     not become ineligible for the Program solely because the 
     member of the Armed Forces to whom the military spouse is 
     married receives a promotion in grade.
       (b) Report Required.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     submit to Congress a report on the Program.
       (2) Elements.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall 
     include the following:
       (A) An assessment of employment rates for military spouses 
     that identifies--
       (i) the career fields most military spouses frequently 
     pursue; and
       (ii) the extent to which such rates may be improved by 
     expanding the Program to include reimbursements for licensing 
     reciprocity.
       (B) An assessment of costs required to expand the Program 
     as described in subparagraph (A)(ii).
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