Sec. 552. Education of members of the Armed Forces on career readiness and professional development
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Chapter 101 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2015 the following new section: The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a program to provide education on career readiness and professional development to members of the armed forces. The program under this section shall provide members with the following: Information on the transition plan as described in section 1142(b)(10) of this title. Information on opportunities available to members during military service for professional development and preparation for a career after military service, including— programs of education, certification, training, and employment assistance (including programs under sections 1143(e), 2007, and 2015 of this title); and programs and resources available to members in communities in the vicinity of military installations.
Instruction on the use of online and other electronic mechanisms in order to access the education, training, and assistance and resources described in paragraph (2). Such other information, instruction, and matters as the Secretary shall specify for purposes of this section. Subject to subsection (d), information, instruction, and other matters under the program under this section shall be provided to members at the times as follows: Upon arrival at first duty station. Upon arrival at any subsequent duty station.
Upon deployment. Upon promotion. Upon reenlistment. At any other point in a military career specified by the Secretary for purposes of this section. A member who has received information and instruction under the program under this section in connection with an event specified in subsection
(c)in a year may elect not to undergo additional receipt of information and instruction under the program in connection with another such event in the year, unless such other event is arrival at a new duty station. . The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 101 of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 2015 the following new item: 2015a. Education of members on career readiness and professional development. . Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the program of education required by section 2015a of title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)), including the following: A comprehensive description of the actions taken to implement the program of education. A comprehensive description of the program of education. 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.