Sec. 1647. ASSESSMENTS OF CONTINUING UTILITY AND FUTURE ROLE OF TEMPORARY DISABILITY RETIRED LIST

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## SEC. 1647 ASSESSMENTS OF CONTINUING UTILITY AND FUTURE ROLE OF TEMPORARY DISABILITY RETIRED LIST ###

(a)Report Required Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing— ####

(1)a statistical history since January 1, 2000, of the numbers of members of the Armed Forces who are returned to duty or separated following a tenure on the temporary disability retired list and, in the case of members who were separated, how many of the members were granted disability separation or retirement and what were their disability ratings; ####

(2)the results of the assessments required by subsection (b); and ####

(3)such recommendations for the modification or improvement of the temporary disability retired list as the Secretary considers appropriate in response to the assessments. ###

(b)Required Assessments The assessments required to be conducted as part of the report under subsection

(a)are the following: ####

(1)An assessment of the continuing utility of the temporary disability retired list in satisfying the purposes for which the temporary disability retired list was established. ####

(2)An assessment of the need to require that the condition of a member be permanent and stable before the member is separated with less than a 30 percent disability rating prior to exceeding the maximum tenure allowed on the temporary disability retired list. ####

(3)An assessment of the future role of the temporary disability retired list in the Disability Evaluation System of the Department of Defense and the changes in policy and law required to fulfill the future role of the temporary disability retire list.