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 •i'f-J-: PUBLIC LAW 106-65—OCT. 5, 1999 113 STAT. 639 (2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 7 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 434 the following new item: "435. Per diem allowance for lengthy or numerous deployments.". (d) EFFECTIVE DATE. —(1) Section 991 of title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)), shall take effect on October 1, 2000. No day on which a member of the Armed Forces is deployed (as defined in subsection (b) of that section) before that date may be counted in determining the number of days on which a member has been deployed for purposes of that section. (2) Section 435 of title 37, United States Code (as added by subsection (b)), shall take effect on October 1, 2001. (e) IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS.—Not later than June 1, 2000, the Secretary of each military department shall prescribe in reflations the policies and procedures for implementing such provisions of law for that military department. Subtitle K—Domestic Violence 10 USC 991 note. 37 USC 435 note. Deadline. 10 USC 991 note. SEC. 591. DEFENSE TASK FORCE ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. (a) ESTABLISHMENT. —The Secretary of Defense shall establish a Department of Defense task force to be known as the Defense Task Force on Domestic Violence. (b) STRATEGIC PLAN.— Not later than 12 months after the date on which all members of the task force have been appointed, the task force shall submit to the Secretary of Defense a long-term plan (referred to as a "strategic plan") for means by which the Department of Defense may address matters relating to domestic violence within the military more effectively. The plan shall include an assessment of, and recommendations for measures to improve, the following: (1) Ongoing victims' safety programs. (2) Offender accountability. (3) The climate for effective prevention of domestic violence. (4) Coordination and collaboration among all military organizations with responsibility or jurisdiction with respect to domestic violence. (5) Coordination between military and civilian communities with respect to domestic violence. (6) Research priorities. (7) Data collection and case management and tracking. (8) Curricula and training for military commanders. (9) Prevention and responses to domestic violence at overseas military installations. (10) Other issues identified by the task force relating to domestic violence within the military. (c) REVIEW OF VICTIMS' SAFETY PROGRAM. —The task force shall review the efforts of the Secretary of Defense to establish a program for improving responses to domestic violence under section 592 and shall include in its report under subsection (e) a description of that program, including best practices identified on installations, lessons learned, and resulting policy recommendations. (d) OTHER TASK FORCE REVIEWS. —The task force shall review and make recommendations regarding the following: (1) Standard guidelines to be used by the Secretaries of the military departments in negotiating agreements with 10 USC 1562 note. Deadline.

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