[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 192 (Tuesday, November 2, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7620-S7621]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4152. Ms. HASSAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to 
the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 
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 F of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 583. ESTABLISHMENT OF EXCEPTIONAL FAMILY MEMBER PROGRAM 
                   ADVISORY COUNCIL.

       (a) Establishment.--Chapter 7 of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended by inserting before section 187 the 
     following new section 186:

     ``Sec. 186. Exceptional Family Member Program Advisory 
       Council

       ``(a) Establishment.--There is an Exceptional Family Member 
     Program Advisory Council in the Department of Defense (in 
     this section referred to as the `Council').
       ``(b) Purpose.--The purpose of the Council is to provide, 
     to the Subcommittees on Military Personnel of the Committees 
     on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives, 
     the Secretary of Defense, and the chiefs of the covered armed 
     forces, recommendations regarding how to improve the 
     Exceptional Family Member Program. The Council shall provide 
     such recommendations not less than once every six months.
       ``(c) Composition.--The Council shall be composed of the 
     following:
       ``(1) One member of each covered armed force--
       ``(A) serving on active duty;
       ``(B) who has a dependent--
       ``(i) enrolled in the Exceptional Family Member Program; 
     and
       ``(ii) with an individualized education program; and
       ``(C) appointed by the Vice Chief of Staff of the covered 
     armed force concerned.
       ``(2) Two military spouses--
       ``(A) of members eligible to be appointed under paragraph 
     (1);
       ``(B) who are not civilian employees of the Department of 
     Defense;
       ``(C) one of whom is married to an enlisted member and one 
     of whom is married to an officer; and
       ``(D) appointed by the Vice Chief of Staff of the covered 
     armed force concerned.
       ``(3) One adult dependent--
       ``(A) enrolled in the Exceptional Family Member Program; 
     and
       ``(B) appointed by the Vice Chief of Staff of the covered 
     armed force concerned.
       ``(4) One representative of the Exceptional Family Member 
     Program Coalition.
       ``(5) One member of the Defense Health Agency.
       ``(6) One member of the Department of Defense Education 
     Activity.

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       ``(7) One member of the Office of Special Needs.
       ``(d) Appointments.--In making appointments under 
     subsection (c), the Vice Chief of Staff of the covered armed 
     force concerned shall seek to represent the diversity of the 
     disability community.
       ``(e) Terms.--Each member of the Council shall serve a term 
     of two years, except one of the original members appointed 
     under subsection (c)(2), selected by the Secretary of Defense 
     at the time of appointment, one shall be appointed for a term 
     of three years.
       ``(f) Meetings.--The Council shall meet at least once every 
     calendar quarter, in person or by teleconference.
       ``(g) Covered Armed Force Defined.--In this section, the 
     term `covered armed force' means an armed force under the 
     jurisdiction of the Secretary of a military department.''.
       (b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--
       (1) Table of sections.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting before the 
     item relating to section 187 the following new item:

``186. Exceptional Family Member Program Advisory Council.''.
       (2) Termination of advisory panel on community support for 
     military families with special needs.--Section 563 of the 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 
     (Public Law 111-84; 10 U.S.C. 1781c note) is amended by 
     striking subsection (d).
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