PUBLIC LAW 102-484—OCT. 23, 1992 106 STAT. 2419 (g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: (1) The term "member" means any member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps. (2) The term Inspector General" means— (A) an Inspector General appointed under the Inspector General Act of 1978; and (B) an officer of the Armed Forces assigned or detailed under regulations of the Secretary concerned to serve as an Inspector General at any command level in one of the Armed Forces. (3) The term "mental health professional" means a psychiatrist or clinical psychologist, a person with a doctorate in clinical social work or a psychiatric clinical nurse specialist. (4) The term "mental health evsduation" means a psy- chiatric examination or evaluation, a psychological examination or evaluation, an examination for psychiatric or psychological fitness for duty, or any other means of assessing a member's state of mental health. (5) The term "least restrictive alternative principle" means a principle under which a member of the Armed Forces committed for hospitalization and treatment shall be placed in the most appropriate and therapeutic available setting (A) that is no more restrictive than is conducive to the most effective form of treatment, and (B) in which treatment is available and the risks of physical ii^'ury or property damage posed by such placement are warranted by the proposed plan of treatment. (h) REPORT. —At the same time as the regulations required by this section are revised, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report describing the process of preparing the regulations, including— (1) an explanation of the degree to which any guidelines regarding psychiatric hospitalization of adults prepared by professional civiliem mental health organizations were considered; (2) the manner in which the regulations differ from any such civilian guidelines; and (3) the reasons for such differences. (j) CONFORMING REPEAL. —Subsection (g) of section 554 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101-610) is hereby repealed. 10 USC 1074 note. SEC. 647. REPORT ON THE SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM. (a) REPORT REQUIRED.— The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Director of the Selective Service System, shall prepare a report regarding the continued requirement for registration under the selective service system. The report shall contein, at a minimum, analyses on the effect of suspension of the requirement for registration on— (1) projected mobilization requirements, including the effect on the time it would take to increase the size of the Armed Forces in a national emergency; (2) recruiting in the Armed Forces; and (3) the organization and staffing of the selective service system.
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