(a)
(b)
(1) To ensure that the military family readiness programs and activities of the Department of Defense are comprehensive, effective, and properly supported.
(2) To ensure that support is continuously available to military families in peacetime and in war, as well as during periods of force structure change and relocation of military units.
(3) To ensure that the military family readiness programs and activities of the Department of Defense are available to all military families, including military families of members of the regular components, the reserve components, and the Space Force.
(4) To make military family readiness an explicit element of applicable Department of Defense plans, programs, and budgeting activities, and that achievement of military family readiness is expressed through Department-wide goals that are identifiable and measurable.
(5) To ensure that the military family readiness programs and activities of the Department of Defense undergo continuous evaluation in order to ensure that resources are allocated and expended for such programs and activities to achieve Department-wide family readiness goals.
(c)
(1) A list of military family readiness programs and activities.
(2) Department of Defense-wide goals for military family support, including joint programs, for military families of members of the regular components, members of the reserve components, and members of the Space Force.
(3) Policies on access to military family support programs and activities based on military family populations served and geographical location.
(4) Metrics to measure the performance and effectiveness of the military family readiness programs and activities of the Department of Defense.
(5) A summary, by fiscal year, of the allocation of funds (including appropriated funds and nonappropriated funds) for major categories of military family readiness programs and activities of the Department of Defense, set forth for each of the military departments and for the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2023—Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 118–31, §1722(k)(2)(A), substituted "military families of members of the regular components, the reserve components, and the Space Force" for "military families of members of the regular components and military families of members of the reserve components".
Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 118–31, §1722(k)(2)(B), struck out "both" after "joint programs," and substituted "military families of members of the regular components, members of the reserve components, and members of the Space Force" for "military families of members of the regular components and military families of members of the reserve components".
2017—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 115–91 struck out subsec. (d). Text read as follows: "Not later than March 1 each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the plans required under subsection (a) for the five-fiscal year period beginning with the fiscal year in which the report is submitted. Each report shall include the plans covered by the report and an assessment of the discharge by the Department of Defense of the previous plans submitted under this section."
2011—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 111–383 substituted "March 1 each year" for "March 1, 2008, and each year thereafter".
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Policy Regarding Remote Military Installations
Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title V, §565, Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 1749, provided that:
"(a)
"(1) identify remote military installations; and
"(2) assess and manage challenges associated with remote military installations and military personnel assigned to remote locations.
"(b)
"(1) Activities and facilities for the morale, welfare, and recreation of members of the Armed Forces.
"(2) Availability of housing, located on and off remote military installations.
"(3) Educational services for dependents of members of the Armed Forces, located on and off remote military installations.
"(4) Availability of health care.
"(5) Employment opportunities for military spouses.
"(6) Risks associated with having insufficient support services for members of the Armed Forces and their dependents.
"(c)
"(d)
Consideration of Certain Military Family Readiness Issues in Making Basing Decisions Associated With Certain Military Units and Major Headquarters
Pub. L. 116–283, div. B, title XXVIII, §2883, Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4370, as amended by Pub. L. 117–263, div. B, title XXVIII, §2866, Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3011, provided that:
"(a)
"(b)
"(1) has entered into reciprocity agreements to recognize and accept professional and occupational licensure and certification credentials granted by or in other States; or
"(2) allows for the transfer of such licenses and certifications granted by or in other States.
"(c)
"(d)
"(e)
"(f)
"(g)
"(1) quantitative data available within the Department of Defense; and
"(2) such reliable quantitative data from sources outside the Department as the Secretary considers appropriate.
"(h)
"(1)
"(2)
"(3)
"(A)
"(B)
"(i)
"(ii)
"(4)
"(i)
"(j)
"(1) The term 'covered military unit' means a unit of the Armed Forces whose initial assignment to a military installation or relocation from a military installation to a different military installation requires the preparation of an environmental impact statement in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
"(2) The term 'major headquarters' means the headquarters of a unit of the Armed Forces or command that is the appropriate command of a general officer or flag officer."