[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5665]
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  SA 6115. Ms. ERNST (for herself and Mr. Kelly) 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 end of subtitle E of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 564. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE REVIEW OF USE OF 
                   TRANSITION PROGRAMS BY MEMBERS OF SPECIAL 
                   OPERATIONS FORCES.

       (a) Review.--The Comptroller General of the United States 
     shall review the use of Department of Defense transition 
     programs by members of the Armed Forces assigned to special 
     operations forces.
       (b) Preliminary Briefing and Report.--Not later than 180 
     days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
     Comptroller General shall provide to the appropriate 
     committees of Congress a briefing and report on the 
     preliminary findings of the review conducted under subsection 
     (a).
       (c) Final Briefing.--Not later than one year after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall 
     provide to the appropriate committees of Congress a briefing 
     on the final results of the review conducted under subsection 
     (a).
       (d) Final Report.--
       (1) In general.--The Comptroller General shall submit to 
     the appropriate committees of Congress a report containing 
     the final results of the review conducted under subsection 
     (a) on a date agreed to at the time of the briefing provided 
     under subsection (b).
       (2) Elements.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall 
     include an examination of the following:
       (A) The extent to which members of the Armed Forces 
     assigned to special operations forces participate in 
     Department of Defense transition programs.
       (B) What unique challenges those members face in making the 
     transition to civilian life and the extent to which existing 
     Department of Defense transition programs address those 
     challenges.
       (C) The extent to which the Secretary of Defense directs 
     those members to transition resources provided by 
     nongovernmental entities.
       (e) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term 
     ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (2) Department of defense transition programs.--The term 
     ``Department of Defense transition programs'' means programs 
     (including the Transition Assistance Program and Skillbridge) 
     carried out under laws administered by the Secretary of 
     Defense that help members of the Armed Forces make the 
     transition to civilian life.
       (3) Skillbridge.--The term ``Skillbridge'' means the 
     programs to provide job training and employment skills 
     training carried out under section 1143(e) of title 10, 
     United States Code.
       (4) Special operation forces.--The term ``special 
     operations forces'' means the forces described in section 
     167(j) of title 10, United States Code.
       (5) Transition assistance program.--The term ``Transition 
     Assistance Program'' means the program of preseparation 
     counseling, employment assistance, and other transitional 
     services provided under sections 1142 and 1144 of title 10, 
     United States Code.
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