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 PUBLIC LAW 109–364—OCT. 17, 2006

120 STAT. 2231

including the type of disciplinary or administrative sanction imposed, if any.’’. SEC. 584. REPORT ON PROVISION OF ELECTRONIC COPY OF MILITARY RECORDS ON DISCHARGE OR RELEASE OF MEMBERS FROM THE ARMED FORCES.

(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the feasibility and advisability of providing an electronic copy of military records (including all military service, medical, and other military records) to members of the Armed Forces on their discharge or release from the Armed Forces. (b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) shall include the following: (1) An estimate of the costs of the provision of military records as described in subsection (a). (2) An assessment of providing military records as described in that subsection through the distribution of a portable, readily accessible medium (such as a computer disk or other similar medium) containing such records. (3) A description and assessment of the mechanisms required to ensure the privacy of members of the Armed Forces in providing military records as described in that subsection. (4) An assessment of the benefits to the members of the Armed Forces of receiving their military records as described in that subsection. (5) If the Secretary determines that providing military records to members of the Armed Forces as described in that subsection is feasible and advisable, a plan (including a schedule) for providing such records to members of the Armed Forces as so described in order to ensure that each member of the Armed Forces is provided such records upon discharge or release from the Armed Forces. (6) Any other matter relating to the provision of military records as described in that subsection that the Secretary considers appropriate. SEC. 585. REPORT ON OMISSION OF SOCIAL SECURITY ACCOUNT NUMBERS FROM MILITARY IDENTIFICATION CARDS.

(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report setting forth the assessment of the Secretary of the feasibility of utilizing military identification cards that do not contain, display, or exhibit the social security account number of the individual identified by a military identification card. (b) MILITARY IDENTIFICATION CARD DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘military identification card’’ means a card or other form of identification used for purposes of demonstrating eligibility for any benefit from the Department of Defense. SEC. 586. REPORT ON MAINTENANCE AND PROTECTION OF DATA HELD BY THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AS PART OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE JOINT ADVERTISING, MARKET RESEARCH AND STUDIES (JAMRS) PROGRAM.

Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives

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