REPORTS ON INFORMATION PROVIDED TO POTENTIAL RECRUITS AND TO NEW ENTRANTS INTO THE ARMED FORCES ON “STOP LOSS” AUTHORITIES AND INITIAL PERIOD OF MILITARY SERVICE OBLIGATION.

SEC. 546. REPORTS ON INFORMATION PROVIDED TO POTENTIAL RECRUITS AND TO NEW ENTRANTS INTO THE ARMED FORCES ON “STOP LOSS” AUTHORITIES AND INITIAL PERIOD OF MILITARY SERVICE OBLIGATION.(a) Report on Information Provided to Potential Recruits.—(1) In general.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report on the actions being taken to ensure that each individual being recruited for service in the Armed Forces is provided, before making a formal enlistment in the Armed Forces, precise and detailed information on the period or periods of service to which such individual may be obligated by reason of enlistment in the Armed Forces, including any revisions to Department of Defense Form 4/1.(2) Elements.—The report under paragraph (1) shall include—(A) a description of how the Department informs enlistees in the Armed Forces on—119 STAT. 3255(i) the so-called “stop loss” authority and the manner in which exercise of such authority could affect the duration of an individual’s service on active duty in the Armed Forces;(ii) the authority for the call or order to active duty of members of the Individual Ready Reserve and the manner in which such a call or order to active duty could affect an individual following the completion of the individual’s expected period of service on active duty or in the Individual Ready Reserve; and(iii) any other authorities applicable to the call or order to active duty of the Reserves, or of the retention of members of the Armed Forces on active duty, that could affect the period of service of an individual on active duty or in the Armed Forces; and(B) such other information as the Secretary considers appropriate.(b) Report on Information Provided to New Entrants and Other Service Members.—(1) In general.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report on the actions being taken to ensure that each individual covered by section 651(a) of title 10, United States Code, is provided, upon commencing that person’s initial period of service as a member of the Armed Forces and at other points during a military career, precise information regarding the date on which the initial service obligation of that person under such section ends.(2) Elements of report.—The report under subsection (a) shall include the following:(A) A description of how the Department notifies members of the Armed Forces of—(i) the completion date of their military service obligation upon entry in the Armed Forces;(ii) the expiration of their military service obligation; and(iii) before the expiration of a member’s military service obligation, the opportunity, if the member is qualified and serving in the Individual Ready Reserve, to continue voluntarily in the Ready Reserve or to transfer to an active component.(B) A description of the policy and procedures of the Department of Defense regarding the involuntary recall or mobilization of members serving in the Individual Ready Reserve beyond the date of expiration of their military service obligation.(C) Such other information as the Secretary considers appropriate.119 STAT. 3256