[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 152 (Wednesday, September 21, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4921-S4922]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 5528. Mr. DURBIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe)
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 appropriate place in title V, insert the following:
SEC. __. EXTREMIST ACTIVITY BY A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES:
TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM COUNSELING;
NOTATION IN SERVICE RECORD.
(a) Transition Assistance Program Counseling.--
(1) In general.--Subsection (b) of section 1142 of title
10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:
``(20) In the case of a member who has violated Department
of Defense Instruction 1325.06 (or successor instruction) by
participating in extremist activity, in-person counseling,
developed by the Secretary of Defense in consultation with
the Secretary of Homeland Security, that includes--
``(A) efforts to deradicalize the member;
``(B) information regarding why extremist activity is
inconsistent with service in the armed forces and with
national security;
``(C) information regarding the dangers associated with
involvement with an extremist group; and
``(D) methods for the member to recognize and avoid
disinformation.''.
(2) Implementation.--The Secretary of Defense shall
complete development of counseling provided under paragraph
(20) of such subsection, as added by paragraph (1), not later
than the day that is one year after the date of the enactment
of this Act. The Secretary concerned shall ensure that such
counseling is carried out on and after that day.
(b) Service Record.--In the case of a member of the Armed
Forces who has violated Department of Defense Instruction
1325.06 (or successor instruction) by participating in
extremist activity, the Secretary concerned shall ensure that
the commanding officer of the member notes the violation in
the service record of the member.
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(c) Secretary Concerned Defined.--In this section, the term
``Secretary concerned'' has the meaning given that term in
section 101(a) of title 10, United States Code.
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