Sec. 571. CLARIFICATION AND EXPANSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF SUPPORT FOR CHAPLAIN-LED PROGRAMS FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES

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## SEC. 571 CLARIFICATION AND EXPANSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF SUPPORT FOR CHAPLAIN-LED PROGRAMS FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES ###

(a)In General Section 1789 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— ####

(1)in subsection (a)— #####

(A)by striking “chaplain-led programs” and inserting “a chaplain-led program”; #####

(B)by striking “members of the armed forces” and all that follows through “status and their immediate family members,” and inserting “a covered individual”; and #####

(C)by inserting “, or to support the resiliency, suicide prevention, or holistic wellness of such covered individual” after “structure”; ####

(2)in subsection (b)— #####

(A)by striking “members of the armed forces and their family members” and inserting “a covered individual”; #####

(B)by striking “programs” and inserting “a program”; and #####

(C)by striking “retreats and conferences” and inserting “a retreat or conference”; and ####

(3)by striking subsection

(c)and inserting the following: > > ### “(c) Covered Individual Defined > > In this section, the term ‘covered individual’ means— > > > #### “(1) > > a member of the armed forces on active duty; > > > #### “(2) > > a member of the reserve components in an active status; or > > > #### “(3) > > a dependent of an individual described in subparagraph

(A)or (B).” > . ###

(b)Annual Briefings Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for five years, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a briefing on implementation of the amendments made by this section. Each such briefing shall include the following: ####

(1)The frequency with which the Secretaries of the military departments used the authority under such amendments in the year preceding the date of the briefing. ####

(2)Lessons learned from such usage.