[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Pages 16051-16052]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 3288. Mr. LAUTENBERG submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill S. 3254, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2013 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 A of title VII, add the following:

     SEC. 704. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON PREMIUMS FOR HEALTH CARE FOR 
                   RETIRED CAREER MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED 
                   SERVICES.

       It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) career members of the uniformed services and their 
     families endure unique and extraordinary demands and make 
     extraordinary sacrifices over the course of a 20-year to 30-
     year career in protecting freedom for all Americans, as do 
     those who have been medically retired due to the hardships of 
     military service; and
       (2) those sacrifices constitute a significant pre-paid 
     premium for health care during retirement that is over and 
     above what such members pay in money as a premium for such 
     health care.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3289. Mr. COONS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 3254, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2013 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 H of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1084. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO THE TERMINATION 
                   OF THE ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY 
                   UNDER DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE AND REALIGNMENT.

       Section 177 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) in paragraph (2)--
       (i) by striking ``those professional societies'' and all 
     that follows through ``the Armed Forces Institute of 
     Pathology'' and inserting ``the professional societies and 
     organizations that support the activities of the American 
     Registry of Pathology''; and
       (ii) by striking the second sentence; and
       (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``with the concurrence of 
     the Director of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology'';
       (2) in subsection (b)--
       (A) by striking paragraph (1);
       (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5) as 
     paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4), respectively; and
       (C) in paragraph (2), as redesignated by subparagraph (B)--
       (i) by striking ``accept gifts and grants from and''; and
       (ii) by inserting ``and accept gifts and grants from such 
     entities'' before the semicolon; and
       (3) in subsection (d), by striking ``to the Director'' and 
     all that follows through ``it deems desirable,'' and 
     inserting ``annually to its Board and supporting 
     organizations referred to in subsection (a)(2)''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3290. Mr. BEGICH (for himself, Mr. Toomey, Mr. Casey, Mr. Udall of 
Colorado, and Mrs. Gillibrand) submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill S. 3254, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2013 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; as follows:

       On page 543, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:

     SEC. 2705. MODIFICATION OF NOTICE REQUIREMENTS IN ADVANCE OF 
                   PERMANENT REDUCTION OF SIZABLE NUMBERS OF 
                   MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AT MILITARY 
                   INSTALLATIONS.

       (a) Calculation of Number of Affected Members.--Subsection 
     (a) of section 993 of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``In 
     calculating the number of members to be reduced, the 
     Secretary shall take into consideration both direct 
     reductions and indirect reductions.''.
       (b) Notice Requirements.--Subsection (b) of such section is 
     amended by striking paragraphs (1) through (3) and inserting 
     the following new paragraphs:
       ``(1) the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the 
     military department concerned--
       ``(A) submits to Congress a notice of the proposed 
     reduction and the number of military and civilian personnel 
     assignments affected, including reductions in base operations 
     support services and personnel to occur because of the 
     proposed reduction; and
       ``(B) includes in the notice a justification for the 
     reduction and an evaluation of the costs and benefits of the 
     reduction and of the local economic, environmental, 
     strategic, and operational consequences of the reduction; and
       ``(2) a period of 90 days expires following the day on 
     which the notice is submitted to Congress.''.
       (c) Definitions.--Such section is further amended by adding 
     at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(d) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) The term `direct reduction' means a reduction 
     involving one or more members of a unit.
       ``(2) The term `indirect reduction' means subsequent 
     planned reductions or relocations in base operations support 
     services and personnel able to occur due to the direct 
     reductions.
       ``(3) The term `military installation' means a base, camp, 
     post, station, yard, center, homeport facility for any ship, 
     or other activity under the jurisdiction of the Department of 
     Defense, including any leased facility, which is located 
     within any of the several States, the District of Columbia, 
     the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Virgin 
     Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or

[[Page 16052]]

     Guam. Such term does not include any facility used primarily 
     for civil works, rivers and harbors projects, or flood 
     control projects.
       ``(4) The term `unit' means a unit of the armed forces at 
     the battalion, squadron, or an equivalent level (or a higher 
     level).''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3291. Mr. PRYOR (for himself, Mr. Johanns, and Mr. Begich) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 
3254, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 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 of subtitle H of title X, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 1084. STATE CONSIDERATION OF MILITARY TRAINING IN 
                   GRANTING CERTAIN STATE CERTIFICATIONS AND 
                   LICENSES AS A CONDITION ON THE RECEIPT OF FUNDS 
                   FOR VETERANS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING.

       (a) In General.--Section 4102A(c) of title 38, United 
     States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(9)(A) As a condition of a grant or contract under which 
     funds are made available to a State in order to carry out 
     section 4103A or 4104 of this title for any program year, the 
     Secretary may require the State--
       ``(i) to demonstrate that when the State approves or denies 
     a certification or license described in subparagraph (B) for 
     a veteran the State takes into consideration any training 
     received or experience gained by the veteran while serving on 
     active duty in the Armed Forces; and
       ``(ii) to disclose to the Secretary in writing the 
     following:
       ``(I) Criteria applicants must satisfy to receive a 
     certification or license described in subparagraph (B) by the 
     State.
       ``(II) A description of the standard practices of the State 
     for evaluating training received by veterans while serving on 
     active duty in the Armed Forces and evaluating the documented 
     work experience of such veterans during such service for 
     purposes of approving or denying a certification or license 
     described in subparagraph (B).
       ``(III) Identification of areas in which training and 
     experience described in subclause (II) fails to meet criteria 
     described in subclause (I).''
       ``(B) A certification or license described in this 
     subparagraph is any of the following:
       ``(i) A license to be a State tested nursing assistant or a 
     certified nursing assistant.
       ``(ii) A commercial driver's license.
       ``(iii) An emergency medical technician license EMT-B or 
     EMT-I.
       ``(iv) An emergency medical technician-paramedic license.
       ``(C) The Secretary shall share the information the 
     Secretary receives under subparagraph (A)(ii) with the 
     Secretary of Defense to help the Secretary of Defense improve 
     training for military occupational specialties so that 
     individuals who receive such training are able to receive a 
     certification or license described in subparagraph (B) from a 
     State.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall apply with respect to a program year beginning on or 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3292. Mr. REED submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 3254, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2013 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.

       At the end of subtitle E of title VI, add the following:

     SEC. 655. ENFORCEMENT OF PROTECTIONS ON CONSUMER CREDIT FOR 
                   MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND THEIR 
                   DEPENDENTS.

       Section 987(f) of title 10, United States Code, as amended 
     by section 653 of this Act, is further amended by adding at 
     the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(6) Enforcement.--The provisions of this section (other 
     than paragraph (1) of this subsection) shall be enforced by 
     the agencies specified in section 108 of the Truth in Lending 
     Act (15 U.S.C. 1607) in the manner set forth in that section 
     or as set forth under any other applicable authorities 
     available to such agencies by law.''.

                          ____________________