PUBLIC LAW 107-107—DEC. 28, 2001 115 STAT. 1121 (F) Career counseling. (G) Skills assessment. (H) Job-search skills. (I) Job-related transportation. (J) Child care. (K) Any additional employment-related purpose specified by the Secretary for the purposes of the examination under paragraph (1). (4) Not later than March 30, 2002, the Secretary of Defense Deadline, shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate Reports. and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report on the results of the examination under paragraph (1). (b) REVIEW OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE POLICIES.— (1) The Secretary of Defense shall review Department of Defense policies that affect employment and education opportunities for military spouses in the Department of Defense in order to further expand those opportunities. The review shall include the consideration of providing, to the extent authorized by law, separate spouse pref- erences for employment by appropriated and nonappropriated fund operations. (2) Not later than March 30, 2002, the Secretary of Defense Deadline, shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate Reports. and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report on the results of the review under paragraph (1). (c) SPOUSE EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE.— Section 1784 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsections: "(d) SPACE-AVAILABLE USE OF FACILITIES FOR SPOUSE TRAINING Regulations. PURPOSES. —Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of a military department may make available to a non-Department of Defense entity space in non-excess facilities controlled by that Secretary for the purpose of the non-Department of Defense entity providing employment-related training for military spouses. "(e) EMPLOYMENT BY OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES. —The Secretary of Defense shall work with the Director of the Office of Personnel Management and the heads of other Federal departments and agencies to expand and facilitate the use of existing Federal programs and resources in support of military spouse employment. "(f) PRIVATE-SECTOR EMPLOYMENT. —The Secretary of Defense— "(1) shall seek to develop partnerships with firms in the private sector to enhance employment opportunities for spouses of members of the armed forces and to provide for improved job portability for such spouses, especially in the case of the spouse of a member of the armed forces accompanying the member to a new geographical area because of a change of permanent duty station of the member; and "(2) shall work with the United States Chamber of Commerce and other appropriate private-sector entities to facilitate the formation of such partnerships. "(g) EMPLOYMENT WITH DOD CONTRACTORS.—The Secretary of Defense shall examine and seek ways for incorporating hiring preferences for qualified spouses of members of the armed forces into contracts between the Department of Defense and privatesector entities.".
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