[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3458]
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  SA 1969. Mr. TESTER (for himself and Ms. Murkowski) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 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 A of title VII, add the following:

     SEC. 7__. EXPANSION OF COVERAGE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
                   AFFAIRS OF COUNSELING AND TREATMENT FOR SEXUAL 
                   TRAUMA TO INCLUDE FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
                   FORCES.

       Section 1720D of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``active duty, active 
     duty for training, or inactive duty training'' and inserting 
     ``duty, regardless of duty status or line of duty 
     determination (as that term is used in section 12323 of title 
     10)''; and
       (B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ``active duty, active 
     duty for training, or inactive duty training'' and inserting 
     ``duty, regardless of duty status or line of duty 
     determination (as that term is used in section 12323 of title 
     10)'';
       (2) by striking ``veteran'' each place it appears and 
     inserting ``former member of the Armed Forces'';
       (3) by striking ``veterans'' each place it appears and 
     inserting ``former members of the Armed Forces''; and
       (4) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(g) In this section, the term `former member of the Armed 
     Forces' includes the following:
       ``(1) A veteran described in section 101(2) of this title.
       ``(2) An individual not described in paragraph (1) who was 
     discharged or released from the Armed Forces, including a 
     reserve component thereof, under a condition that is not 
     honorable but not--
       ``(A) a dishonorable discharge; or
       ``(B) a discharge by court-martial.''.
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