[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2606]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 449. Mr. BLUMENTHAL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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. 565. IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPTROLLER GENERAL 
                   RECOMMENDATIONS RELATING TO MILITARY FOSTER AND 
                   ADOPTIVE FAMILIES.

       The Secretary of Defense shall--
       (1) provide a centralized location for, and promote 
     awareness of, information about foster and adoption-related 
     policies and available Department of Defense support to 
     better assist military foster and adoptive families, 
     including by providing such information through Military 
     OneSource, using a designated point person on an 
     installation, or through an existing installation program 
     office;
       (2) ensure that the Secretary of the Air Force, in 
     coordination with the Director of Defense Human Resource 
     Activity, revises AFI 36-3026, Volume 1, in cooperation with 
     other components of the Department of Defense, as 
     appropriate, to make it consistent with Department of Defense 
     regulations on the required documents to enroll foster 
     children in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting 
     System; and
       (3) ensure that the Secretaries of the military departments 
     identify opportunities to regularly promote to the awareness 
     of all employees responsible for enrollment in the Defense 
     Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System of accurate 
     information and guidance with respect to enrolling both 
     foster and pre-adoptive children, including by coordinating 
     with relevant offices to promote awareness of the guidance 
     through annual trainings or other training mechanisms.
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