Sec. 741. Plan to address findings related to access to contraception for members of the Armed Forces
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The Secretary of Defense (in coordination with the Secretaries of the military departments) shall develop and implement a plan to address the findings of the report of the Department of Defense on the status of implementation of guidance for ensuring access to contraception published in response to pages 155 through 156 of the report of the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives accompanying H.R. 6395 of the 116th Congress (H. Rept. 116-617). The plan under subsection
(a)shall address— the barriers and challenges to implementation identified in the report of the Department specified in such subsection; and the inability of certain members of the Armed Forces to access their preferred method of contraception and have ongoing access during deployment. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the plan under subsection
(a)and any progress made pursuant to such plan. In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.