[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S4905]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2564. Mr. PADILLA submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 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. 562. COUNSELING IN THE TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
                   REGARDING SEXUAL ASSAULT, SEXUAL OR GENDER 
                   HARASSMENT, AND INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE.

       Section 1142(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
     by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(20) Information concerning benefits and health care 
     (including mental health care) furnished by the Secretary of 
     Veterans Affairs to veterans and members of the Armed Forces 
     who have survived sexual assault, sexual or gender 
     harassment, or intimate partner violence.''.
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