SURVEY OF MEMBERS LEAVING MILITARY SERVICE ON ATTITUDES TOWARD MILITARY SERVICE.

SEC. 581. SURVEY OF MEMBERS LEAVING MILITARY SERVICE ON ATTITUDES TOWARD MILITARY SERVICE. (a) Exit Survey.—The Secretary of Defense shall develop and implement, as part of outprocessing activities, a survey on attitudes toward military service to be completed by all members of the Armed Forces who during the period beginning on January 1, 2000, and ending on June 30, 2000, are voluntarily discharged or separated from the Armed Forces or transfer from a regular component to a reserve component. (b) Matters to be Covered.—The survey shall, at a minimum, cover the following subjects: (1) Reasons for leaving military service. (2) Command climate. (3) Attitude toward leadership. (4) Attitude toward pay and benefits. (5) Job satisfaction during service as a member of the Armed Forces. (6) Plans for activities after separation (such as enrollment in school, use of Montgomery GI Bill benefits, and work). (7) Affiliation with a reserve component, together with the reasons for affiliating or not affiliating, as the case may be.113 STAT. 634 (8) Such other matters as the Secretary determines appropriate to the survey concerning reasons why military personnel are leaving military service. (c) Report to Congress.—Not later than October 1, 2000, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report containing the results of the survey under subsection (a). The Secretary shall compile the information in the report so as to assist in assessing reasons why military personnel are leaving military service.