10 U.S.C. § 1781b — Department of Defense policy and plans for military family readiness
submitted 18 years ago by Pub. L. 110-181 to r/title-10-ARMED-FORCES · 359 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary of Defense must create a Department of Defense policy and plans supporting military family readiness. The policy and plans must cover availability, inclusion, measurable goals, funding, and continuing evaluation.
(a) Policy and Plans Required. The Secretary of Defense must develop Department of Defense policy and plans to support military family readiness. (b) Purposes. They must: (1) ensure that the Department’s military family readiness programs and activities are complete, effective, and properly supported; (2) ensure continuous support for military families in peace, war, force-structure changes, and relocation of units; (3) make the programs available to all military families, including families of regular-component, reserve-component, and Space Force members; (4) make military family readiness an express part of applicable plans, programs, and budgeting, with Department-wide goals that can be identified and measured; and (5) require continuing evaluation so resources are assigned and spent to achieve those goals. (c) Elements of Policy. The policy must include: (1) a list of military family readiness programs and activities; (2) Department-wide military-family-support goals, including joint programs, for regular-component, reserve-component, and Space Force families; (3) access policies based on the military-family populations served and geographic location; (4) measures of program performance and effectiveness; and (5) a fiscal-year summary of funds, including appropriated and nonappropriated funds, assigned to major categories of the programs and activities, separately for each military department and the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
The Secretary of Defense shall develop a policy and plans for the Department of Defense for the support of military family readiness.
The purposes of the policy and plans required under subsection (a) are as follows:
To ensure that the military family readiness programs and activities of the Department of Defense are comprehensive, effective, and properly supported.
To ensure that support is continuously available to military families in peacetime and in war, as well as during periods of force structure change and relocation of military units.
To ensure that the military family readiness programs and activities of the Department of Defense are available to all military families, including military families of members of the regular components, the reserve components, and the Space Force.
To make military family readiness an explicit element of applicable Department of Defense plans, programs, and budgeting activities, and that achievement of military family readiness is expressed through Department-wide goals that are identifiable and measurable.
To ensure that the military family readiness programs and activities of the Department of Defense undergo continuous evaluation in order to ensure that resources are allocated and expended for such programs and activities to achieve Department-wide family readiness goals.
The policy required under subsection (a) shall include the following elements:
A list of military family readiness programs and activities.
Department of Defense-wide goals for military family support, including joint programs, for military families of members of the regular components, members of the reserve components, and members of the Space Force.
Policies on access to military family support programs and activities based on military family populations served and geographical location.
Metrics to measure the performance and effectiveness of the military family readiness programs and activities of the Department of Defense.
A summary, by fiscal year, of the allocation of funds (including appropriated funds and nonappropriated funds) for major categories of military family readiness programs and activities of the Department of Defense, set forth for each of the military departments* and for the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title V, § 581(a), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 121; amended Pub. L. 111–383, div. A, title X, § 1075(b)(23), Jan. 7, 2011, 124 Stat. 4370; Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title X, § 1051(a)(9), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1560; Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XVII, § 1722(k)(2), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 673.)
- 2008Enacted · Pub. L. 110-181 · 122 Stat. 121
- 2011Amended · Pub. L. 111-383 · 124 Stat. 4370
- 2017Amended · Pub. L. 115-91 · 131 Stat. 1560
- 2023Amended · Pub. L. 118-31 · 137 Stat. 673
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 110-181 on 2008-01-28.
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