§3036. Reporting requirement

(a) The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary shall submit to the Congress at least once every two years separate reports on the operation of the program provided for in this chapter.

(b) The Secretary of Defense shall include in each report submitted under this section-

(1) information indicating (A) the extent to which the benefit levels provided under this chapter are adequate to achieve the purposes of inducing individuals to enter and remain in the Armed Forces and of providing an adequate level of financial assistance to help meet the cost of pursuing a program of education, (B) whether it is necessary for the purposes of maintaining adequate levels of well-qualified active-duty personnel in the Armed Forces to continue to offer the opportunity for educational assistance under this chapter to individuals who have not yet entered active-duty service, and (C) describing the efforts under sections 3011(i) and 3012(g) of this title to inform members of the Armed Forces of the minimum service requirements for entitlement to educational assistance benefits under this chapter and the results from such efforts; and

(2) such recommendations for administrative and legislative changes regarding the provision of educational assistance to members of the Armed Forces and veterans, and their dependents, as the Secretary of Defense considers appropriate.

(c) The Secretary shall include in each report submitted under this section-

(1) information concerning the level of utilization of educational assistance and of expenditures under this chapter; and

(2) such recommendations for administrative and legislative changes regarding the provision of educational assistance to members of the Armed Forces and veterans, and their dependents, as the Secretary considers appropriate.

(d) No report shall be required under this section after January 1, 2011.

(Added Pub. L. 98–525, title VII, §702(a)(1), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2563 , §1436; amended Pub. L. 101–237, title IV, §423(b)(1)(A), (4)(D), Dec. 18, 1989, 103 Stat. 2092 ; renumbered §3036, Pub. L. 102–83, §5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406 ; Pub. L. 105–368, title II, §207(c), Nov. 11, 1998, 112 Stat. 3328 ; Pub. L. 106–419, title IV, §403(c)(4), Nov. 1, 2000, 114 Stat. 1864 ; Pub. L. 109–444, §4(b), Dec. 21, 2006, 120 Stat. 3308 ; Pub. L. 109–461, title III, §305(b), title X, §1006(b), Dec. 22, 2006, 120 Stat. 3428 , 3468.)

Amendments

2006-Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 109–461, §1006(b), provided that as of the enactment of Pub. L. 109–461, the amendments made by Pub. L. 109–444 were deemed for all purposes not to have taken effect and that Pub. L. 109–444 ceased to be in effect. See Amendment notes below and section 1006(b) of Pub. L. 109–461, set out as a Coordination of Provisions With Pub. L. 109–444 note under section 101 of this title.

Pub. L. 109–461, §305(b), substituted "January 1, 2011" for "January 1, 2005".

Pub. L. 109–444, which struck out subsec. (d), was terminated by Pub. L. 109–461, §1006(b). See Amendment notes above.

2000-Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 106–419 amended subsec. (d) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (d) read as follows:

"(d)(1) The first report by the Secretary of Defense under this section shall be submitted not later than January 1, 1986.

"(2) The first report by the Secretary under this section shall be submitted not later than January 1, 1988."

1998-Subsec. (b)(1)(C). Pub. L. 105–368 added cl. (C).

1991-Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 1436 of this title as this section.

1989-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101–237, §423(b)(1)(A), substituted "Secretary shall" for "Administrator shall".

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101–237, §423(b)(4)(D), inserted "of Defense" after "Secretary" in introductory provisions and par. (2).

Subsecs. (c), (d)(2). Pub. L. 101–237, §423(b)(1)(A), substituted "Secretary" for "Administrator" wherever appearing.

Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

Pub. L. 105–368, title II, §207(d)(2), Nov. 11, 1998, 112 Stat. 3328 , provided that: "The amendments made by subsection (c) [amending this section] shall apply with respect to reports to Congress submitted by the Secretary of Defense under section 3036 of title 38, United States Code, on or after January 1, 2000."