[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2620]
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SA 467. Mr. GRAHAM 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 E of title V, add the following:
SEC. __. REPORT ON FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A TROOPS-TO-
SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS PILOT PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--
(1) Submission of report.--Not later than 90 days after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report
on the feasibility of establishing a Troops-to-School
Resource Officers pilot program that is modeled on the
Troops-to-Teachers Program authorized under section 1154 of
title 10, United States Code.
(2) Consultation.--The Secretary of Defense may consult
with key officials from the Department of Justice and the
Department of Education in completing the report described in
paragraph (1).
(b) Content of Report.--The report required under
subsection (a) shall include--
(1) the feasibility of establishing a 5-year Troops-to-
School Resource Officers pilot program;
(2) an outline of the resource requirements to execute the
pilot program; and
(3) an identification of possible authorities, if any, that
would be needed to establish the pilot program.
(c) Appropriate Congressional Committees.--In this section,
the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate;
(2) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of
Representatives;
(3) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
(4) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives.
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