Sec. 404. Review of Transition GPS Program Core Curriculum
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The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Labor, shall conduct a review of the Department of Defense Transition GPS Program Core Curriculum in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. The review shall examine the following: The Department of Defense Transition GPS Program Core Curriculum in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. The roles and responsibilities of each Federal department participating in the Transition GPS Program and whether the various roles and responsibilities of the Federal departments are adequately aligned with one another.
The allotment of time spent on issues under the jurisdiction of each Federal department participating in the Transition GPS Program and whether the allotment is adequate to provide members of the Armed Forces with all the information the members need regarding important benefits that can assist members in transitioning out of military service. Whether any of the information in the three optional tracks in the Transition GPS Program Core Curriculum should be addressed more appropriately in mandatory tracks rather than optional tracks.
The benefits of and obstacles to establishing— a standard implementation plan of long-term outcome measures for the Transition GPS Program; and a comprehensive system of metrics for such measures. Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Labor, shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the review conducted under subsection (a).
The report required by paragraph
(1)shall include the following: Recommendations for improving the Department of Defense Transition GPS Program Core Curriculum in order to more accurately address the needs of members of the Armed Forces transitioning out of military service. Recommendations for improving the roles and responsibilities described in subsection (a)(2)(B). Recommendations for improving the allotment of time described in subsection (a)(2)(C). Such recommendations as the Secretary of Defense may have regarding the optional and mandatory tracks in the Transition GPS Program Core Curriculum. Such recommendations as the Secretary of Defense may have with respect to the outcome measures and metrics described in subsection (a)(2)(E). Identification of such other areas of concern as the Secretary of Defense may have with respect to the Transition GPS Program and such recommendations for legislative or administrative action as the Secretary may have to address such concerns. In this subsection, the term appropriate committees of Congress means— the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate; and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives.