S.Amdt. 2563

SA 2563. Mr. PADILLA submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle E of title V, add the following:

SEC. 562. IMPLEMENTATION OF GAO RECOMMENDATIONS TO LEVERAGE
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION TO IMPROVE TAP
PARTICIPATION.

(a) Plan Required.--
(1) In general.--The Secretaries of the military
departments, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, shall develop a
plan to address the recommendations in the Government
Accountability Office's report entitled ``DOD Can Better
Leverage Performance Information to Improve Participation in
Counseling Pathways'' (GAO-23-104538).
(2) Elements.--The plan required under paragraph (1) shall,
with respect to each recommendation in the report described
in such paragraph that the Secretaries of the military
departments, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, have implemented or
intend to implement, include--
(A) a summary of actions that have been or will be taken to
implement the recommendation; and
(B) a schedule, with specific milestones, for completing
implementation of the recommendation.
(b) Submission to Congressional Defense Committees.--Not
later than one year after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Secretaries shall submit to the congressional
defense committees the plan required under subsection (a).
(c) Deadline for Implementation.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), not
later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Secretaries shall carry out activities to implement
the plan developed under subsection (a).
(2) Exception for implementation of certain
recommendations.--
(A) Delayed implementation.--The Secretaries may initiate
implementation of a recommendation in the report described in
subsection (a)(1) after the date specified in paragraph (1)
if the Secretaries provide the congressional defense
committees with a specific justification for the delay in
implementation of the recommendation on or before such date.
(B) Non-implementation.--The Secretaries may decide not to
implement a recommendation in the report described in
subsection (a)(1) if the Secretaries provide to the
congressional defense committees, on or before the date
specified in paragraph (1)--
(i) a specific justification for the decision not to
implement the recommendation; and
(ii) a summary of alternative actions the Secretaries plan
to take to address the conditions underlying the
recommendation.
(d) Semiannual Reporting.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the
Department of Defense shall report to the congressional
defense committees on the progress of the Department of
Defense and each of the Military Departments in implementing
all outstanding recommendations of the Comptroller General of
the United States and the Inspector General of the Department
of the Defense related to the Transition Assistance Program
and on the use of funds made available for the current fiscal
year to implement the outstanding recommendations.
(2) Termination of requirement.--The Department of Defense
shall stop reporting on each recommendation described in
paragraph (1) when the recommending office considers the
recommendation closed.

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