[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 151 (Tuesday, September 16, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S6656]
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  SA 3898. Mr. SANDERS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2026 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. 550. ASSISTANCE FOR DEPLOYMENT-RELATED SUPPORT OF 
                   MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES UNDERGOING 
                   DEPLOYMENT AND THEIR FAMILIES BEYOND THE YELLOW 
                   RIBBON REINTEGRATION PROGRAM.

       Section 582 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2008 (10 U.S.C. 10101 note) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsections (k) and (l) as subsections 
     (l) and (m), respectively; and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (j) the following new 
     subsection (k):
       ``(k) Support Beyond Program.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall provide 
     funds to States, Territories, and government entities to 
     carry out programs, and other activities as the Secretary 
     considers appropriate, that provide deployment cycle 
     information, services, and referrals to eligible individuals 
     throughout the deployment cycle. Such programs may include 
     the provision of access to outreach services, including the 
     following:
       ``(A) Employment counseling.
       ``(B) Behavioral health counseling.
       ``(C) Suicide prevention.
       ``(D) Housing advocacy.
       ``(E) Financial counseling.
       ``(F) Referrals for the receipt of other related services.
       ``(2) Appropriation.--
       ``(A) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated, 
     and there are appropriated, to carry out paragraph (1)--
       ``(i) for fiscal year 2026, $25,000,000; and
       ``(ii) for fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal year 
     thereafter, the amount appropriated for the preceding fiscal 
     year, adjusted to reflect the percentage (if any) of the 
     increase in the average of the Consumer Price Index for the 
     preceding 12-month period compared to the Consumer Price 
     Index for fiscal year 2025.
       ``(B) Consumer price index defined.--In this paragraph, the 
     term `Consumer Price Index' means the Consumer Price Index 
     for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor 
     Statistics of the Department of Labor.''.

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