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 -J*«_«Ti PUBLIC LAW 107-107—DEC. 28, 2001 115 STAT. 1275 Corps ensure their compliance with any directives issued by the Secretary of Defense in implementing any voting assistance program. "(b) VOTING ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS DEFINED.— In this section, the term 'voting assistance programs' means— "(1) the Federal Voting Assistance Program carried out under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff et seq.); and "(2) any similar program. "(c) ANNUAL EFFECTIVENESS AND COMPLIANCE REVIEWS.—(1) The Inspector General of each of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps shall conduct— "(A) an annual review of the effectiveness of voting assistance programs; and "(B) an annual review of the compliance with voting assistance programs of that armed force. "(2) Upon the completion of each annual review under paragraph (1), each Inspector General specified in that paragraph shall submit to the Inspector General of the Department of Defense a report on the results of each such review. Such report shall be submitted in time each year to be reflected in the report of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense under paragraph (3). "(3) Not later than March 31 each year, the Inspector General Deadline, of the Department of Defense shall submit to Congress a report Reports. on— "(A) the effectiveness during the preceding calendar year of voting assistance programs; and "(B) the level of compliance during the preceding calendar year with voting assistance programs of each of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. "(d) INSPECTOR GENERAL ASSESSMENTS. —(1) The Inspector General of the Department of Defense shall periodically conduct at Department of Defense installations unannounced assessments of the compliance at those installations with— "(A) the requirements of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff et seq.); "(B) Department of Defense regulations regarding that Act and the Federal Voting Assistance Program carried out under that Act; and "(C) other requirements of law regarding voting by members of the armed forces. "(2) The Inspector General shall conduct an assessment under paragraph (1) at not less than 10 Department of Defense installations each calendar year. "(3) Each assessment under paragraph (1) shall include a review of such compliance— "(A) within units to which are assigned, in the aggregate, not less than 20 percent of the personnel assigned to duty at that installation; "(B) within a representative survey of members of the armed forces assigned to that installation and their dependents; and "(C) within unit voting assistance officers to measure program effectiveness. "(e) REGULAR MILITARY DEPARTMENT ASSESSMENTS.— The Secretary of each military department shall include in the set of

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