[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 106 (Monday, June 24, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S4465]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 852. Mr. BOOKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 764 proposed by Mr. Inhofe 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. AUTHORITY TO EXPAND ELIGIBILITY FOR THE MY CAREER 
                   ADVANCEMENT ACCOUNT PROGRAM TO CERTAIN MILITARY 
                   SPOUSES.

       (a) Eligibility for Participants Whose Spouses Receive 
     Promotions.--Beginning on October 1, 2020, the Secretary of 
     Defense may grant continued eligibility to 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'') if such spouse would 
     otherwise lose eligibility to participate in 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).
       (c) Funding.--Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated 
     for fiscal year 2021 for the Department of Defense for 
     operation and maintenance, Defense-wide, not more than 
     $5,000,000 may be available for the purposes of this section.
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