Sec. 8. Comptroller General of the United States report on participation in transition assistance programs at small and remote military installations
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Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on a review, conducted by the Comptroller General for purposes of the report, on the participation in covered transition assistance programs of members of the Armed Forces assigned to small military installations and remote military installations in the United States. For purposes of this section, covered transition assistance programs are the following:
The Transition Assistance Program. The programs under section 1143(e) of title 10, United States Code (commonly referred to as Job Training, Employment Skills, Apprenticeships and Internships (JTEST–AI) or Skill Bridge ). Any other program of apprenticeship, on-the-job training, or internship offered at a small military installation or remote installation that the Comptroller General considers appropriate for inclusion in the review under this section. For purposes of this section:
A small military installation is an installation at which are assigned not more than 10,000 members of the Armed Forces. A remote military installation is an installation that is located more than 50 miles from any city with a population of 50,000 people or more (as determined by the Office of Management and Budget). In conducting the review, the Comptroller General shall evaluate participation in covered transition assistance programs at a number of small military installations and remote military installations that is sufficient to provide a complete understanding of the participation in such programs of members of the Armed Forces at such installations throughout the United States.
The review under this section shall include the following: Rates of participation of members of the Armed Forces in covered transition assistance programs at small military installations and remote military installations in the United States. In the case of the Transition Assistance Program, the following: Compliance with the deadlines for participation provided for in subsection
(d)of section 1142 of title 10, United States Code (as amended by section 2 of this Act). A comparison between rates of participation in person and rates of participation on line. The average ratio of permanent, full-time equivalent program staff to participating members at small military installations and at remote military installations. The average number of program staff (including full-time equivalent staff and contractor staff) physically and permanently located on installation at small military installations and at remote military installations. Such other matters with respect to participation in covered transition assistance programs of members assigned to small military installations and remote military installations as the Comptroller General considers appropriate. In this section, the term Transition Assistance Program means the program of counseling, information, and services under section 1142 of title 10, United States Code (as amended by section 2 of this Act).