[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 122 (Thursday, July 2, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4238-S4239]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2430. Mr. CRAPO (for himself and Ms. Stabenow) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2301 proposed by Mr. 
Inhofe 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 E of title V, insert the following:

     SEC. 549. 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 enactment of

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     this Act, 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 in the United States.
       (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 an installation 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).
       (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) A comparison between rates of participation in person 
     and rates of participation on line.
       (B) The average ratio of permanent, full-time equivalent 
     program staff to participating members at small military 
     installations and at remote military installations.
       (C) 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) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) The term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives.
       (2) The term ``Transition Assistance Program'' means the 
     program of counseling, information, and services under 
     section 1142 of title 10, United States Code.
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