Sec. 581. FAMILY READINESS: DEFINITIONS; COMMUNICATION STRATEGY; REVIEW; REPORT
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## SEC. 581 FAMILY READINESS: DEFINITIONS; COMMUNICATION STRATEGY; REVIEW; REPORT **[**[10 U.S.C. 1781 note](/us/usc/t10/s1781)**]** ###
(a)Definitions Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretaries of the military departments, shall act on recommendation one of the report, dated July 2019, of the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine, titled “Strengthening the Military Family Readiness System for a Changing American Society”, by establishing definitions of “family well-being”, “family readiness”, and “family resilience” for use by the Department of Defense. ###
(b)Communication Strategy Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretaries of the military departments, shall— ####
(1)ensure that the Secretary of Defense has carried out section 561 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (10 U.S.C. 1781 note); ####
(2)implement a strategy to use of a variety of modes of communication to ensure the broadest means of communicating with military families; and ####
(3)establish a process to measure the effectiveness of the modes of communication described in paragraph (2). ###
(c)Review Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall conduct a review of current programs, policies, services, resources, and practices of the Department for military families as outlined in recommendation four of the report described in subsection (a). ###
(d)Report Not later than 60 days after completing the review under subsection (c), the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report detailing the results of the review and how the Secretary shall improve programs, policies, services, resources, and practices for military families, based on the review.
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FAMILY READINESS: DEFINITIONS; COMMUNICATION STRATEGY; REVIEW; REPORT
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